1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/networking/telnetd.c b/networking/telnetd.c
index ef9b1ac74..5c0463bab 100644
--- a/networking/telnetd.c
+++ b/networking/telnetd.c
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ int telnetd_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 master_fd = create_and_bind_stream_or_die(opt_bindaddr, portnbr);
                 xlisten(master_fd, 1);
                 if (!(opt & OPT_FOREGROUND))
-                        xdaemon(0, 0);
+                        bb_daemonize(DAEMON_CHDIR_ROOT);
         }
 #else
         sessions = make_new_session();