diff --git a/lib/run_part.c b/lib/run_part.c
index 840d9511..890f837c 100644
--- a/lib/run_part.c
+++ b/lib/run_part.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static int run_part(char *script_path, const char *name, const char *action)
 		setenv("SUBJECT",name,1);
 		execv(script_path,args);
 		fprintf(shadow_logfd, "execv: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-		exit(1);
+		_exit(1);
 	}
 
 	pid_status = wait(&wait_status);
diff --git a/lib/spawn.c b/lib/spawn.c
index 57a41219..0a2b1095 100644
--- a/lib/spawn.c
+++ b/lib/spawn.c
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ run_command(const char *cmd, const char *argv[],
 		(void) execve (cmd, (char * const *) argv,
 		               (char * const *) envp);
 		if (ENOENT == errno) {
-			exit (E_CMD_NOTFOUND);
+			_exit (E_CMD_NOTFOUND);
 		}
 		fprintf (shadow_logfd, "%s: cannot execute %s: %s\n",
 		         shadow_progname, cmd, strerror (errno));
-		exit (E_CMD_NOEXEC);
+		_exit (E_CMD_NOEXEC);
 	} else if ((pid_t)-1 == pid) {
 		fprintf (shadow_logfd, "%s: cannot execute %s: %s\n",
 		         shadow_progname, cmd, strerror (errno));