1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/bc.c b/miscutils/bc.c
index 3d53db778..0200afca2 100644
--- a/miscutils/bc.c
+++ b/miscutils/bc.c
@@ -1322,7 +1322,8 @@ static char* bc_read_file(const char *path)
         size_t size = ((size_t) -1);
         size_t i;
 
-        buf = xmalloc_open_read_close(path, &size);
+        // Never returns NULL (dies on errors)
+        buf = xmalloc_xopen_read_close(path, &size);
 
         for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
                 char c = buf[i];