1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/wc.c b/wc.c
index 9d569459d..e6f753435 100644
--- a/wc.c
+++ b/wc.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ int wc_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
         FILE *file;
         unsigned int num_files_counted = 0;
-        int opt;
+        int opt, status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
         total_lines = total_words = total_chars = max_length = 0;
         print_lines = print_words = print_chars = print_length = 0;
@@ -137,8 +137,10 @@ int wc_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 return EXIT_SUCCESS;
         } else {
                 while (optind < argc) {
-                        file = xfopen(argv[optind], "r");
-                        wc_file(file, argv[optind]);
+                        if ((file = wfopen(argv[optind], "r")) != NULL)
+                                wc_file(file, argv[optind]);
+                        else
+                                status = EXIT_FAILURE;
                         num_files_counted++;
                         optind++;
                 }
@@ -148,5 +150,5 @@ int wc_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 print_counts(total_lines, total_words, total_chars,
                                          max_length, "total");
 
-        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+        return status;
 }