diff --git a/metacity-dont-do-bad-stuff-on-sigterm.patch b/metacity-dont-do-bad-stuff-on-sigterm.patch
index 5a21400..7402e6c 100644
--- a/metacity-dont-do-bad-stuff-on-sigterm.patch
+++ b/metacity-dont-do-bad-stuff-on-sigterm.patch
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ diff -up metacity-2.28.0/src/core/main.c.sigterm metacity-2.28.0/src/core/main.c
  
  /**
   * The exit code we'll return to our parent process when we eventually die.
-@@ -368,12 +369,24 @@ meta_finalize (void)
+@@ -368,12 +369,25 @@ meta_finalize (void)
    meta_session_shutdown ();
  }
  
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ diff -up metacity-2.28.0/src/core/main.c.sigterm metacity-2.28.0/src/core/main.c
 -  meta_finalize ();
 +  if (sigterm_pipe_fds[1] >= 0)
 +    {
-+      write (sigterm_pipe_fds[1], "", 1);
++      ssize_t bytes_written;
++      bytes_written = write (sigterm_pipe_fds[1], "", 1);
 +      close (sigterm_pipe_fds[1]);
 +      sigterm_pipe_fds[1] = -1;
 +    }