1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/networking/arping.c b/networking/arping.c
index 5665ddb2b..08b27273f 100644
--- a/networking/arping.c
+++ b/networking/arping.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ int arping_main(int argc, char **argv)
         char *source = NULL;
         char *target;
 
-        s = socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+        s = xsocket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
         ifindex = errno;
 
         // Drop suid root privileges
@@ -346,11 +346,8 @@ int arping_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         if (!(cfg&dad) || src.s_addr) {
                 struct sockaddr_in saddr;
-                int probe_fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); /* maybe use bb_xsocket? */
+                int probe_fd = xsocket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
 
-                if (probe_fd < 0) {
-                        bb_error_msg_and_die("socket");
-                }
                 if (device) {
                         if (setsockopt
                                 (probe_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BINDTODEVICE, device,