1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editors/awk.c b/editors/awk.c
index 7af9e1eeb..571d68193 100644
--- a/editors/awk.c
+++ b/editors/awk.c
@@ -2400,7 +2400,7 @@ static var *evaluate(node *op, var *res)
                                                 X.rsm->F = popen(L.s, "r");
                                                 X.rsm->is_pipe = TRUE;
                                         } else {
-                                                X.rsm->F = fopen(L.s, "r");             /* not xfopen! */
+                                                X.rsm->F = fopen_for_read(L.s);         /* not xfopen! */
                                         }
                                 }
                         } else {