diff --git a/usr.sbin/rpc.statd/file.c b/usr.sbin/rpc.statd/file.c
index 991af887e045..efcaaaf537b4 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rpc.statd/file.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/rpc.statd/file.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ void init_file(const char *filename)
     mmap(NULL, 0x10000000, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, status_fd, 0);
 
   if (status_info == (FileLayout *) MAP_FAILED)
-    warn("unable to mmap() status file");
+    err(1, "unable to mmap() status file");
 
   status_file_len = lseek(status_fd, 0L, SEEK_END);