1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c b/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
index 9e826aef3..95499ba17 100644
--- a/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
+++ b/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
@@ -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)