1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/uuencode.c b/coreutils/uuencode.c
index d45565c6e..6a82a4b43 100644
--- a/coreutils/uuencode.c
+++ b/coreutils/uuencode.c
@@ -105,9 +105,7 @@ int uuencode_main(int argc, char **argv)
         switch (argc - optind) {
                 case 2:
                         src_stream = bb_xfopen(argv[optind], "r");
-                        if (stat(argv[optind], &stat_buf) < 0) {
-                                bb_perror_msg_and_die("stat");
-                        }
+                        xstat(argv[optind], &stat_buf);
                         mode = stat_buf.st_mode & (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
                         if (src_stream == stdout) {
                                 puts("NULL");