1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ifupdown.c b/networking/ifupdown.c
index 586c3db63..174681984 100644
--- a/networking/ifupdown.c
+++ b/networking/ifupdown.c
@@ -939,13 +939,13 @@ static int doit(char *str)
                 int status;
 
                 fflush(NULL);
-                child = fork();
+                child = vfork();
                 switch (child) {
                 case -1: /* failure */
                         return 0;
                 case 0: /* child */
                         execle(DEFAULT_SHELL, DEFAULT_SHELL, "-c", str, NULL, my_environ);
-                        exit(127);
+                        _exit(127);
                 }
                 safe_waitpid(child, &status, 0);
                 if (!WIFEXITED(status) || WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0) {
@@ -1008,11 +1008,11 @@ static int popen2(FILE **in, FILE **out, char *command, char *param)
         xpiped_pair(outfd);
 
         fflush(NULL);
-        pid = fork();
+        pid = vfork();
 
         switch (pid) {
         case -1:  /* failure */
-                bb_perror_msg_and_die("fork");
+                bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
         case 0:  /* child */
                 /* NB: close _first_, then move fds! */
                 close(infd.wr);