1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/time.c b/miscutils/time.c
index 104548c23..a6d158c53 100644
--- a/miscutils/time.c
+++ b/miscutils/time.c
@@ -372,7 +372,9 @@ static void run_command(char *const *cmd, resource_t *resp)
         void (*quit_signal)(int);
 
         resp->elapsed_ms = monotonic_us() / 1000;
-        pid = xvfork();         /* Run CMD as child process.  */
+        pid = vfork();          /* Run CMD as child process.  */
+        if (pid < 0)
+                bb_error_msg_and_die("cannot fork");
         if (pid == 0) { /* If child.  */
                 /* Don't cast execvp arguments; that causes errors on some systems,
                    versus merely warnings if the cast is left off.  */