1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/shell/lash.c b/shell/lash.c
index 1b34052a1..83baee29d 100644
--- a/shell/lash.c
+++ b/shell/lash.c
@@ -1171,12 +1171,6 @@ static int pseudo_exec(struct child_prog *child)
 {
         struct built_in_command *x;
 
-        /* Check if the command sets an environment variable. */
-        if( strchr(child->argv[0], '=') != NULL ) {
-                child->argv[1] = child->argv[0];
-                _exit(builtin_export(child));
-        }
-
         /* Check if the command matches any of the non-forking builtins.
          * Depending on context, this might be redundant.  But it's
          * easier to waste a few CPU cycles than it is to figure out
@@ -1300,6 +1294,12 @@ static int run_command(struct job *newjob, int inbg, int outpipe[2])
                  * is doomed to failure, and doesn't work on bash, either.
                  */
                 if (newjob->num_progs == 1) {
+                        /* Check if the command sets an environment variable. */
+                        if (strchr(child->argv[0], '=') != NULL) {
+                                child->argv[1] = child->argv[0];
+                                return builtin_export(child);
+                        }
+
                         for (x = bltins; x->cmd; x++) {
                                 if (strcmp(child->argv[0], x->cmd) == 0 ) {
                                         int rcode;