1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/networking/telnet.c b/networking/telnet.c
index 207732b72..2587193e2 100644
--- a/networking/telnet.c
+++ b/networking/telnet.c
@@ -644,18 +644,15 @@ static int getport(char * p)
 static struct in_addr getserver(char * host)
 {
         struct in_addr addr;
-        
+
         struct hostent * he;
-        if ((he = gethostbyname(host)) == NULL)
-        {
-                error_msg_and_die("%s: Unknown host", host);
-        }
+        he = xgethostbyname(host);
         memcpy(&addr, he->h_addr, sizeof addr);
 
         TRACE(1, ("addr: %s\n", inet_ntoa(addr)));
-        
+
         return addr;
-}       
+}
 
 static int create_socket()
 {