1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/editors/patch.c b/editors/patch.c
index 07fa5cfaf..1b283a133 100644
--- a/editors/patch.c
+++ b/editors/patch.c
@@ -150,10 +150,7 @@ int patch_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         backup_filename = xmalloc(strlen(new_filename) + 6);
                         strcpy(backup_filename, new_filename);
                         strcat(backup_filename, ".orig");
-                        if (rename(new_filename, backup_filename) == -1) {
-                                bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot create file %s",
-                                                backup_filename);
-                        }
+                        xrename(new_filename, backup_filename);
                         dst_stream = xfopen(new_filename, "w");
                 }