1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c b/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c
index 32b314a8b..cddf3c903 100644
--- a/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c
+++ b/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ static char *random_hostname(void) {
 }
 
 void fs_hostname(void) {
-        const char *hostname = (cfg.hostname)? cfg.hostname: random_hostname();
+        if (!cfg.hostname)
+                cfg.hostname = random_hostname();
         struct stat s;
 
         // create a new /etc/hostname
@@ -63,11 +64,9 @@ void fs_hostname(void) {
 
                 create_empty_file_as_root(RUN_HOSTNAME_FILE, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
                 FILE *fp = fopen(RUN_HOSTNAME_FILE, "we");
-                if (!fp) {
-                        fclose(fp);
+                if (!fp)
                         goto errexit;
-                }
-                fprintf(fp, "%s\n", hostname);
+                fprintf(fp, "%s\n", cfg.hostname);
                 SET_PERMS_STREAM(fp, 0, 0, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
                 fclose(fp);
 
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ void fs_hostname(void) {
                         // copy line
                         if (strstr(buf, "127.0.0.1") && done == 0) {
                                 done = 1;
-                                fprintf(fp2, "127.0.0.1 %s\n", hostname);
+                                fprintf(fp2, "127.0.0.1 %s\n", cfg.hostname);
                         }
                         else
                                 fprintf(fp2, "%s\n", buf);