1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/whoami.c b/coreutils/whoami.c
index da584790d..950f52fb2 100644
--- a/coreutils/whoami.c
+++ b/coreutils/whoami.c
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ extern int whoami_main(int argc, char **argv)
         }
         fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot find username for UID %u\n", argv[0],
                         (unsigned) uid);
-        exit(FALSE);
+        return(FALSE);
 }