1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/create_icmp_socket.c b/libbb/create_icmp_socket.c
index 26120a66d..431c4d8a7 100644
--- a/libbb/create_icmp_socket.c
+++ b/libbb/create_icmp_socket.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ int create_icmp_socket(void)
         }
 
         /* drop root privs if running setuid */
-        setuid(getuid());
+        xsetuid(getuid());
 
         return sock;
 }