1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/create_icmp6_socket.c b/libbb/create_icmp6_socket.c
index d8ff35a0a..c3d1b5578 100644
--- a/libbb/create_icmp6_socket.c
+++ b/libbb/create_icmp6_socket.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ int create_icmp6_socket(void)
         }
 
         /* drop root privs if running setuid */
-        setuid(getuid());
+        xsetuid(getuid());
 
         return sock;
 }