diff --git a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.c b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.c
index cc9befaa..84ef9ad6 100644
--- a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.c
+++ b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: ntpd.c,v 1.64 2009/02/10 16:52:09 stevesk Exp $ */
+/*	$OpenBSD: ntpd.c,v 1.65 2009/06/01 23:21:09 henning Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
@@ -144,8 +144,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if ((pw = getpwnam(NTPD_USER)) == NULL)
 		errx(1, "unknown user %s", NTPD_USER);
 
-	endpwent();
-
 	reset_adjtime();
 	if (!lconf.settime) {
 		log_init(lconf.debug);