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diff --git a/miscutils/time.c b/miscutils/time.c
index 104548c23..a6d158c53 100644
--- a/miscutils/time.c
+++ b/miscutils/time.c
@@ -372,7 +372,9 @@ static void run_command(char *const *cmd, resource_t *resp)
void (*quit_signal)(int);
resp->elapsed_ms = monotonic_us() / 1000;
- pid = xvfork(); /* Run CMD as child process. */
+ pid = vfork(); /* Run CMD as child process. */
+ if (pid < 0)
+ bb_error_msg_and_die("cannot fork");
if (pid == 0) { /* If child. */
/* Don't cast execvp arguments; that causes errors on some systems,
versus merely warnings if the cast is left off. */