1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/chat.c b/miscutils/chat.c
index 64d4ba4fd..5bbbb688f 100644
--- a/miscutils/chat.c
+++ b/miscutils/chat.c
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ int chat_main(int argc ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, char **argv)
                                 if ('@' == *buf) {
                                         // skip the @ and any following white-space
                                         trim(++buf);
-                                        buf = loaded = xmalloc_open_read_close(buf, NULL);
+                                        buf = loaded = xmalloc_xopen_read_close(buf, NULL);
                                 }
 
                                 // expand escape sequences in command