diff --git a/adb/commandline.c b/adb/commandline.c
index 0352cf2ae..cd84c3a6b 100644
--- a/adb/commandline.c
+++ b/adb/commandline.c
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ static void read_and_dump(int fd)
             if(errno == EINTR) continue;
             break;
         }
-        /* we want to output to stdout, so no adb_write here !! */
-        unix_write(1, buf, len);
+        fwrite(buf, 1, len, stdout);
+        fflush(stdout);
     }
 }