1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/util-linux/mkfs_ext2.c b/util-linux/mkfs_ext2.c
index 1c2b3b2e2..6dccd3a5d 100644
--- a/util-linux/mkfs_ext2.c
+++ b/util-linux/mkfs_ext2.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ int mkfs_ext2_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 
         // open the device, check the device is a block device
         xmove_fd(xopen(argv[0], O_WRONLY), fd);
-        fstat(fd, &st);
+        xfstat(fd, &st, argv[0]);
         if (!S_ISBLK(st.st_mode) && !(option_mask32 & OPT_F))
                 bb_error_msg_and_die("%s: not a block device", argv[0]);