1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editors/diff.c b/editors/diff.c
index b324feaa5..8911859cd 100644
--- a/editors/diff.c
+++ b/editors/diff.c
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ static int diffreg(char *file[2])
                         fd = fd_tmp;
                         xlseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
                 }
-                fp[i] = fdopen(fd, "r");
+                fp[i] = xfdopen_for_read(fd);
         }
 
         setup_common_bufsiz();