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-rw-r--r--debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c b/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
index f10572ddf..459fb77e0 100644
--- a/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
+++ b/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
@@ -404,7 +404,9 @@ int start_stop_daemon_main(int argc ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, char **argv)
/* DAEMON_DEVNULL_STDIO is superfluous -
* it's always done by bb_daemonize() */
#else
- pid_t pid = xvfork();
+ pid_t pid = vfork();
+ if (pid < 0) /* error */
+ bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
if (pid != 0) {
/* parent */
/* why _exit? the child may have changed the stack,