1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/runit/svlogd.c b/runit/svlogd.c
index 9a00fadee..fe40cd890 100644
--- a/runit/svlogd.c
+++ b/runit/svlogd.c
@@ -761,8 +761,8 @@ static NOINLINE unsigned logdir_open(struct logdir *ld, const char *fn)
         }
         while ((ld->fdcur = open("current", O_WRONLY|O_NDELAY|O_APPEND|O_CREAT, 0600)) == -1)
                 pause2cannot("open current", ld->name);
-        /* we presume this cannot fail */
-        ld->filecur = fdopen(ld->fdcur, "a"); ////
+        while ((ld->filecur = fdopen(ld->fdcur, "a")) == NULL)
+                pause2cannot("open current", ld->name); ////
         setvbuf(ld->filecur, NULL, _IOFBF, linelen); ////
 
         close_on_exec_on(ld->fdcur);