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diff --git a/daemon.c b/daemon.c
index 3bcb6e01..ae183d8e 100644
--- a/daemon.c
+++ b/daemon.c
@@ -269,7 +269,11 @@ void drop_privileges_or_die(const char *username, const char *groupname)
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 	PARA_INFO_LOG("dropping root privileges\n");
-	setuid(p->pw_uid);
+	if (setuid(p->pw_uid) < 0) {
+		PARA_EMERG_LOG("failed to set effective user ID (%s)",
+			strerror(errno));
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
 	PARA_DEBUG_LOG("uid: %d, euid: %d\n", (int)getuid(), (int)geteuid());
 }