1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/update_passwd.c b/libbb/update_passwd.c
index e99db40c0..d10e863c6 100644
--- a/libbb/update_passwd.c
+++ b/libbb/update_passwd.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ int update_passwd(const char *filename, const char *username,
         int cnt = 0;
         int ret = -1; /* failure */
 
-        filename = xmalloc_readlink_follow(filename);
+        filename = xmalloc_follow_symlinks(filename);
         if (filename == NULL)
                 return -1;