1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ifupdown.c b/networking/ifupdown.c
index c12391863..8caff3f4d 100644
--- a/networking/ifupdown.c
+++ b/networking/ifupdown.c
@@ -1008,12 +1008,9 @@ static int popen2(FILE **in, FILE **out, char *command, char *param)
         xpiped_pair(outfd);
 
         fflush(NULL);
-        pid = vfork();
+        pid = xvfork();
 
-        switch (pid) {
-        case -1:  /* failure */
-                bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
-        case 0:  /* child */
+        if (pid == 0) { /* child */
                 /* NB: close _first_, then move fds! */
                 close(infd.wr);
                 close(outfd.rd);