1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/timeout.c b/miscutils/timeout.c
index 273d26953..f6e655acc 100644
--- a/miscutils/timeout.c
+++ b/miscutils/timeout.c
@@ -110,6 +110,5 @@ int timeout_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         argv[0] = sv1;
         argv[1] = sv2;
 #endif
-        BB_EXECVP(argv[0], argv);
-        bb_perror_msg_and_die("can't execute '%s'", argv[0]);
+        BB_EXECVP_or_die(argv);
 }