1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/timeout.c b/miscutils/timeout.c
index f6e655acc..48b8d8fc0 100644
--- a/miscutils/timeout.c
+++ b/miscutils/timeout.c
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ int timeout_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         sv1 = argv[optind];
         sv2 = argv[optind + 1];
 #endif
-        pid = vfork();
-        if (pid < 0)
-                bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
+        pid = xvfork();
         if (pid == 0) {
                 /* Child: spawn grandchild and exit */
                 parent = getppid();