1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c b/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c
index 5e0fb0d73..0c879f68f 100644
--- a/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c
+++ b/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ pid_t FAST_FUNC spawn(char **argv)
          * Interested party can wait on pid and learn exit code.
          * If 111 - then it (most probably) failed to exec */
         if (failed) {
+                safe_waitpid(pid, NULL, 0); /* prevent zombie */
                 errno = failed;
                 return -1;
         }