1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/whoami.c b/coreutils/whoami.c
index 6756d4ba9..0dbcba955 100644
--- a/coreutils/whoami.c
+++ b/coreutils/whoami.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ int whoami_main(int argc, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
                 bb_show_usage();
 
         /* Will complain and die if username not found */
-        puts(bb_getpwuid(NULL, -1, geteuid()));
+        puts(xuid2uname(geteuid()));
 
         return fflush(stdout);
 }