diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/expr.c b/scripts/kconfig/expr.c
index 8f18e37..330e7c0 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/expr.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/expr.c
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@
 
 static void expr_print_file_helper(void *data, struct symbol *sym, const char *str)
 {
-	fwrite(str, strlen(str), 1, data);
+	xfwrite(str, strlen(str), 1, data);
 }
 
 void expr_fprint(struct expr *e, FILE *out)