1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/ls.c b/ls.c
index 655dd7ff4..e44bd9b93 100644
--- a/ls.c
+++ b/ls.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static int my_stat(struct dnode *cur)
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_LS_FOLLOWLINKS
         if (follow_links == TRUE) {
                 if (stat(cur->fullname, &cur->dstat)) {
-                        error_msg("%s: %s\n", cur->fullname, strerror(errno));
+                        perror_msg("%s", cur->fullname);
                         status = EXIT_FAILURE;
                         free(cur->fullname);
                         free(cur);
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static int my_stat(struct dnode *cur)
         } else
 #endif
         if (lstat(cur->fullname, &cur->dstat)) {
-                error_msg("%s: %s\n", cur->fullname, strerror(errno));
+                perror_msg("%s", cur->fullname);
                 status = EXIT_FAILURE;
                 free(cur->fullname);
                 free(cur);
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ struct dnode **list_dir(char *path)
         nfiles= 0;
         dir = opendir(path);
         if (dir == NULL) {
-                error_msg("%s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
+                perror_msg("%s", path);
                 status = EXIT_FAILURE;
                 return(NULL);   /* could not open the dir */
         }