1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/editors/patch.c b/editors/patch.c
index 2c908040f..4d1425edc 100644
--- a/editors/patch.c
+++ b/editors/patch.c
@@ -260,12 +260,9 @@ int patch_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         }
                         if ((dest_cur_line == 0) || (dest_beg_line == 0)) {
                                 /* The new patched file is empty, remove it */
-                                if (unlink(new_filename) == -1) {
-                                        bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot remove file %s", new_filename);
-                                }
-                                if (unlink(original_filename) == -1) {
-                                        bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot remove original file %s", new_filename);
-                                }
+                                xunlink(new_filename);
+                                if (strcmp(new_filename, original_filename) != 0)
+                                        xunlink(original_filename);
                         }
                 }
         }