lib/PublicInbox/ProcessPipe.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/ProcessPipe.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/ProcessPipe.pm
index 7bb6ddee40b1728e8a082b2a48353522cd03108a..2769e064ca21d1651fbace905a167ba17922802b 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/ProcessPipe.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/ProcessPipe.pm
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ 	my ($class, $pid, $fh) = @_;
 	bless { pid => $pid, fh => $fh }, $class;
 }
 
-sub READ { sysread($_[0]->{fh}, $_[1], $_[2], $_[3] || 0) }
+sub READ { read($_[0]->{fh}, $_[1], $_[2], $_[3] || 0) }
 
 sub READLINE { readline($_[0]->{fh}) }