1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/my_getgrgid.c b/libbb/my_getgrgid.c
index 88bafc97b..5bf905145 100644
--- a/libbb/my_getgrgid.c
+++ b/libbb/my_getgrgid.c
@@ -27,15 +27,17 @@
 
 
 /* gets a groupname given a gid */
-void my_getgrgid(char *group, long gid)
+char * my_getgrgid(char *group, long gid)
 {
         struct group *mygroup;
 
         mygroup  = getgrgid(gid);
-        if (mygroup==NULL)
-                sprintf(group, "%-8ld ", (long)gid);
-        else
-                strcpy(group, mygroup->gr_name);
+        if (mygroup==NULL) {
+                sprintf(group, "%ld", gid);
+                return NULL;
+        } else {
+                return strcpy(group, mygroup->gr_name);
+        }
 }