1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index 8d9f7b25b..964d0405e 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -1370,9 +1370,7 @@ int sed_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                         }
 
                         G.outname = xasprintf("%sXXXXXX", argv[i]);
-                        nonstdoutfd = mkstemp(G.outname);
-                        if (-1 == nonstdoutfd)
-                                bb_perror_msg_and_die("can't create temp file %s", G.outname);
+                        nonstdoutfd = xmkstemp(G.outname);
                         G.nonstdout = xfdopen_for_write(nonstdoutfd);
 
                         /* Set permissions/owner of output file */