1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/toys/posix/head.c b/toys/posix/head.c
index ba7b7385..e8517d44 100644
--- a/toys/posix/head.c
+++ b/toys/posix/head.c
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@ static void do_head(int fd, char *name)
 
   while (lines) {
     len = read(fd, toybuf, size);
-    if (len<0) {
-      perror_msg("%s",name);
-      toys.exitval = EXIT_FAILURE;
-    }
+    if (len<0) perror_msg("%s",name);
     if (len<1) break;
 
     for(i=0; i<len;) if (toybuf[i++] == '\n' && !--lines) break;