1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/editors/patch.c b/editors/patch.c
index fff06907f..33ff8b569 100644
--- a/editors/patch.c
+++ b/editors/patch.c
@@ -200,8 +200,7 @@ int copy_tempfile(int fdin, char *name, char **tempname)
         int fd;
 
         *tempname = xasprintf("%sXXXXXX", name);
-        fd = mkstemp(*tempname);
-        if(-1 == fd) bb_perror_msg_and_die("no temp file");
+        fd = xmkstemp(*tempname);
 
         // Set permissions of output file
         fstat(fdin, &statbuf);