1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/watchdog.c b/miscutils/watchdog.c
index 36902a214..630782660 100644
--- a/miscutils/watchdog.c
+++ b/miscutils/watchdog.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static void watchdog_shutdown(int sig UNUSED_PARAM)
         write(3, &V, 1);  /* Magic, see watchdog-api.txt in kernel */
         if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP)
                 close(3);
-        exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+        _exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
 
 int watchdog_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;