diff --git a/doc/rpm-build/checkout-build-archives.php b/doc/rpm-build/checkout-build-archives.php
index b8c65bf53d..9c167b1254 100755
--- a/doc/rpm-build/checkout-build-archives.php
+++ b/doc/rpm-build/checkout-build-archives.php
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ function do_editsvnchangelog()
 	}
 	file_put_contents(__DIR__.'/debian.changelog', $config['changelog']);
 	$cmd = $svn." commit -m 'Changelog for $config[version].$config[packaging]' ".__DIR__.'/debian.changelog';
-	die($cmd);
+	run_cmd($cmd);
 }
 
 /**