diff --git a/lib/thread.c b/lib/thread.c
index 09d6ff7..89df06a 100644
--- a/lib/thread.c
+++ b/lib/thread.c
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@
               continue;
             }
 
-          zlog_warn ("select() error: %s", strerror (errno));
+          zlog_warn ("select() error: %s", safe_strerror (errno));
             return NULL;
         }