4 files changed, 5 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/miscutils/conspy.c b/miscutils/conspy.c
index 3f341ce18..509a0f271 100644
--- a/miscutils/conspy.c
+++ b/miscutils/conspy.c
@@ -309,10 +309,7 @@ static void create_cdev_if_doesnt_exist(const char* name, dev_t dev)
 
 static NOINLINE void start_shell_in_child(const char* tty_name)
 {
-	int pid = vfork();
-	if (pid < 0) {
-		bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
-	}
+	int pid = xvfork();
 	if (pid == 0) {
 		struct termios termchild;
 		char *shell = getenv("SHELL");
diff --git a/miscutils/crontab.c b/miscutils/crontab.c
index 5557bc491..b8a5abc64 100644
--- a/miscutils/crontab.c
+++ b/miscutils/crontab.c
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@
 static void edit_file(const struct passwd *pas, const char *file)
 {
 	const char *ptr;
-	int pid = vfork();
+	int pid = xvfork();
 
-	if (pid < 0) /* failure */
-		bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
 	if (pid) { /* parent */
 		wait4pid(pid);
 		return;
@@ -51,9 +49,7 @@ static int open_as_user(const struct passwd *pas, const char *file)
 	pid_t pid;
 	char c;
 
-	pid = vfork();
-	if (pid < 0) /* ERROR */
-		bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
+	pid = xvfork();
 	if (pid) { /* PARENT */
 		if (wait4pid(pid) == 0) {
 			/* exitcode 0: child says it can read */
diff --git a/miscutils/time.c b/miscutils/time.c
index 5cfbcef8e..9facc3657 100644
--- a/miscutils/time.c
+++ b/miscutils/time.c
@@ -372,9 +372,7 @@ static void run_command(char *const *cmd, resource_t *resp)
 	void (*quit_signal)(int);
 
 	resp->elapsed_ms = monotonic_ms();
-	pid = vfork();
-	if (pid < 0)
-		bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
+	pid = xvfork();
 	if (pid == 0) {
 		/* Child */
 		BB_EXECVP_or_die((char**)cmd);
diff --git a/miscutils/timeout.c b/miscutils/timeout.c
index f6e655acc..48b8d8fc0 100644
--- a/miscutils/timeout.c
+++ b/miscutils/timeout.c
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ int timeout_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 	sv1 = argv[optind];
 	sv2 = argv[optind + 1];
 #endif
-	pid = vfork();
-	if (pid < 0)
-		bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
+	pid = xvfork();
 	if (pid == 0) {
 		/* Child: spawn grandchild and exit */
 		parent = getppid();