1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index 598f28d0c..6ddfd771a 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ static void timestamp_and_log(int pri, char *msg, int len)
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_SYSLOGD_PRECISE_TIMESTAMPS
         if (!timestamp) {
                 struct timeval tv;
-                gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+                xgettimeofday(&tv);
                 now = tv.tv_sec;
                 timestamp = ctime(&now) + 4; /* skip day of week */
                 /* overwrite year by milliseconds, zero terminate */