diff --git a/check-racy.c b/check-racy.c
index 00d92a16631a80ff8ec4e995dafcd3e55434fad5..24b6542352a60006ac23c09a7cc17fb3aef009fa 100644
--- a/check-racy.c
+++ b/check-racy.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 		struct stat st;
 
 		if (lstat(ce->name, &st)) {
-			error("lstat(%s): %s", ce->name, strerror(errno));
+			error_errno("lstat(%s)", ce->name);
 			continue;
 		}