1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/copy_file.c b/libbb/copy_file.c
index 632064eaa..bd785b71c 100644
--- a/libbb/copy_file.c
+++ b/libbb/copy_file.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
                 } else if (S_ISLNK(source_stat.st_mode)) {
                         char *lpath;
 
-                        lpath = xreadlink(source);
+                        lpath = xmalloc_readlink_or_warn(source);
                         if (symlink(lpath, dest) < 0) {
                                 bb_perror_msg("cannot create symlink '%s'", dest);
                                 free(lpath);