1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/mktemp.c b/src/mktemp.c
index 05530a31a..074676f61 100644
--- a/src/mktemp.c
+++ b/src/mktemp.c
@@ -335,7 +335,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
           int saved_errno = errno;
           remove (dest_name);
           if (!suppress_file_err)
-            error (EXIT_FAILURE, saved_errno, _("write error"));
+            error (0, saved_errno, _("write error"));
+          status = EXIT_FAILURE;
         }
     }