1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/nc.c b/nc.c
index b58bd6a12..5335872e5 100644
--- a/nc.c
+++ b/nc.c
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ int nc_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 close(sfd);
                 sfd = tmpfd;
         } else {
-                if ((hostinfo = gethostbyname(argv[optind])) == NULL)
-                        error_msg_and_die("cannot resolve %s\n", argv[optind]);
+                hostinfo = xgethostbyname(argv[optind]);
 
                 address.sin_addr = *(struct in_addr *) *hostinfo->h_addr_list;
                 address.sin_port = htons(atoi(argv[optind+1]));