1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/tail.c b/coreutils/tail.c
index 2027d921d..3189d204f 100644
--- a/coreutils/tail.c
+++ b/coreutils/tail.c
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ extern int tail_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         exit_status |= tail_file(argv[i], n_units);
         }
 
-        exit(exit_status == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
+        return(exit_status == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
 }