1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/read.c b/libbb/read.c
index 1d31fb076..ba366cb97 100644
--- a/libbb/read.c
+++ b/libbb/read.c
@@ -212,7 +212,9 @@ void *xmalloc_open_read_close(const char *filename, size_t *sizep)
         int fd;
         off_t len;
 
-        fd = xopen(filename, O_RDONLY);
+        fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
+        if (fd < 0)
+                return NULL;
         /* /proc/N/stat files report len 0 here */
         /* In order to make such files readable, we add small const */
         len = xlseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END) | 0x3ff; /* + up to 1k */
@@ -229,3 +231,11 @@ void *xmalloc_open_read_close(const char *filename, size_t *sizep)
                 *sizep = size;
         return buf;
 }
+
+void *xmalloc_xopen_read_close(const char *filename, size_t *sizep)
+{
+        void *buf = xmalloc_open_read_close(filename, sizep);
+        if (!buf)
+                bb_perror_msg_and_die("can't read '%s'", filename);
+        return buf;
+}