1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c b/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
index b666338dc..928a49674 100644
--- a/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
+++ b/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
@@ -683,10 +683,7 @@ char *filename;
         FILE *listfile;
         unsigned long blockno;
 
-        listfile = fopen(filename, "r");
-        if (listfile == (FILE *) NULL) {
-                error_msg_and_die("can't open file of bad blocks");
-        }
+        listfile = xfopen(filename, "r");
         while (!feof(listfile)) {
                 fscanf(listfile, "%ld\n", &blockno);
                 mark_zone(blockno);