1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/crontab.c b/miscutils/crontab.c
index 5557bc491..b8a5abc64 100644
--- a/miscutils/crontab.c
+++ b/miscutils/crontab.c
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@
 static void edit_file(const struct passwd *pas, const char *file)
 {
         const char *ptr;
-        int pid = vfork();
+        int pid = xvfork();
 
-        if (pid < 0) /* failure */
-                bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
         if (pid) { /* parent */
                 wait4pid(pid);
                 return;
@@ -51,9 +49,7 @@ static int open_as_user(const struct passwd *pas, const char *file)
         pid_t pid;
         char c;
 
-        pid = vfork();
-        if (pid < 0) /* ERROR */
-                bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
+        pid = xvfork();
         if (pid) { /* PARENT */
                 if (wait4pid(pid) == 0) {
                         /* exitcode 0: child says it can read */