diff --git a/src/who.c b/src/who.c
index d28d3733a..5ded20f75 100644
--- a/src/who.c
+++ b/src/who.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 
 #include "system.h"
 #include "version.h"
+#include "safe-stat.h"
 
 #if !defined (UTMP_FILE) && defined (_PATH_UTMP)	/* 4.4BSD.  */
 #define UTMP_FILE _PATH_UTMP
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@ print_entry (this)
       line[DEV_DIR_LEN + sizeof (this->ut_line)] = '\0';
     }
 
-  if (stat (line, &stats) == 0)
+  if (SAFE_STAT (line, &stats) == 0)
     {
       mesg = (stats.st_mode & S_IWGRP) ? '+' : '-';
       last_change = stats.st_atime;