1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/findutils/xargs.c b/findutils/xargs.c
index 5a5e1c64c..ec6d99cac 100644
--- a/findutils/xargs.c
+++ b/findutils/xargs.c
@@ -311,9 +311,7 @@ static int xargs_ask_confirmation(void)
         int c, savec;
 
         if (!tty_stream) {
-                tty_stream = fopen("/dev/tty", "r");
-                if (!tty_stream)
-                        bb_perror_msg_and_die("/dev/tty");
+                tty_stream = bb_xfopen(CURRENT_TTY, "r");
                 /* pranoidal security by vodz */
                 fcntl(fileno(tty_stream), F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
         }