1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/gunzip.c b/gunzip.c
index 78ee1d3c1..f2bb59dd7 100644
--- a/gunzip.c
+++ b/gunzip.c
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ int gunzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         exit(FALSE);
                 }
         }
-        exit(exit_code);
+        return(exit_code);
 }