1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index 60744e8db..fb0fcc614 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -274,8 +274,7 @@ extern int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
 				while (fgets(file, sizeof(file), fileList) != NULL) {
 					excludeList = xrealloc(excludeList,
 							sizeof(char *) * (excludeListSize+2));
-					if (file[strlen(file)-1] == '\n')
-						file[strlen(file)-1] = '\0';
+					chomp(file);
 					excludeList[excludeListSize] = xstrdup(file);
 					/* Tack a NULL onto the end of the list */
 					excludeList[++excludeListSize] = NULL;