2 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/crond.c b/miscutils/crond.c
index 7e50b61c7..06b8769fa 100644
--- a/miscutils/crond.c
+++ b/miscutils/crond.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
 /*
  * crond -d[#] -c <crondir> -f -b
  *
@@ -213,9 +214,7 @@ int crond_main(int ac, char **av)
                 /* reexec for vfork() do continue parent */
                 vfork_daemon_rexec(1, 0, ac, av, "-f");
 #else                                                   /* uClinux */
-                if (daemon(1, 0) < 0) {
-                        bb_perror_msg_and_die("daemon");
-                }
+                bb_xdaemon(1, 0);
 #endif                                                  /* uClinux */
         }
 
diff --git a/miscutils/watchdog.c b/miscutils/watchdog.c
index 55dd69857..58a606553 100644
--- a/miscutils/watchdog.c
+++ b/miscutils/watchdog.c
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ int watchdog_main(int argc, char **argv)
         if (optind < argc - 1 || argc == 1)
                 bb_show_usage();
 
-        if (daemon(0, 1) < 0)
-                bb_perror_msg_and_die("Failed forking watchdog daemon");
+        bb_xdaemon(0, 1);
 
         signal(SIGHUP, watchdog_shutdown);
         signal(SIGINT, watchdog_shutdown);