1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/appletlib.c b/libbb/appletlib.c
index c341817e2..f760af2cb 100644
--- a/libbb/appletlib.c
+++ b/libbb/appletlib.c
@@ -877,7 +877,9 @@ void FAST_FUNC run_applet_no_and_exit(int applet_no, char **argv)
         }
         if (ENABLE_FEATURE_SUID)
                 check_suid(applet_no);
-        exit(applet_main[applet_no](argc, argv));
+        xfunc_error_retval = applet_main[applet_no](argc, argv);
+        /* Note: applet_main() may also not return (die on a xfunc or such) */
+        xfunc_die();
 }
 # endif /* NUM_APPLETS > 0 */