diff --git a/util-linux/fbset.c b/util-linux/fbset.c
index d2667cf..7d3cae2 100644
--- a/util-linux/fbset.c
+++ b/util-linux/fbset.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999 by Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  *
  * This is a from-scratch implementation of fbset; but the de facto fbset
  * implementation was a good reference. fbset (original) is released under
@@ -408,8 +396,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ((fh = open(fbdev, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
-		bb_perror_msg_and_die("fbset(open)");
+	fh = bb_xopen(fbdev, O_RDONLY);
 	if (ioctl(fh, FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO, &var))
 		bb_perror_msg_and_die("fbset(ioctl)");
 	if (g_options & OPT_READMODE) {