1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/crontab.c b/miscutils/crontab.c
index 902014963..13dfd77ad 100644
--- a/miscutils/crontab.c
+++ b/miscutils/crontab.c
@@ -126,9 +126,7 @@ int crontab_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         }
 
         if (opt_ler & OPT_u) {
-                pas = getpwnam(user_name);
-                if (!pas)
-                        bb_error_msg_and_die("user %s is not known", user_name);
+                pas = xgetpwnam(user_name);
         } else {
                 pas = xgetpwuid(getuid());
         }