1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c b/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
index abfb94226..95499ba17 100644
--- a/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
+++ b/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * (C) 1991 Linus Torvalds.
  *
- * Licensed under GPLv2, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
+ * Licensed under GPLv2, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
  */
 
 /*
@@ -686,8 +686,7 @@ int mkfs_minix_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 bb_error_msg_and_die("can't format mounted filesystem");
 
         xmove_fd(xopen(G.device_name, O_RDWR), dev_fd);
-        if (fstat(dev_fd, &statbuf) < 0)
-                bb_error_msg_and_die("can't stat '%s'", G.device_name);
+        xfstat(dev_fd, &statbuf, G.device_name);
         if (!S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode))
                 opt &= ~1; // clear -c (check)