diff --git a/src/killall5.c b/src/killall5.c

index e73885e..c0723b8 100644

--- a/src/killall5.c

+++ b/src/killall5.c

@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ int readproc(int do_stat)

 	char		*s, *q;

 	unsigned long	startcode, endcode;

 	int		pid, f;

+	int		i, c;

 	/* Open the /proc directory. */

 	if (chdir("/proc") == -1) {

@@ -512,8 +513,13 @@ int readproc(int do_stat)

 		/* Read SID & statname from it. */

 		if ((fp = fopen(path, "r")) != NULL) {

-			buf[0] = 0;

-			fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp);

+                        for (i = 0; i

+                                buf[i]=c;

+

+                        if (i == 0)

+                                continue;

+

+                        buf[i] = 0;

 			/* See if name starts with '(' */

 			s = buf;