1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/perror_msg_and_die.c b/libbb/perror_msg_and_die.c
index 90f56e04c..15f46fc05 100644
--- a/libbb/perror_msg_and_die.c
+++ b/libbb/perror_msg_and_die.c
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ void bb_perror_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...)
 
         va_start(p, s);
         /* Guard against "<error message>: Success" */
-        if (!errno)
-                bb_verror_msg(s, p, NULL);
-        else
-                bb_vperror_msg(s, p);
+        bb_verror_msg(s, p, errno ? strerror(errno) : NULL);
         va_end(p);
         xfunc_die();
 }