diff --git a/apps/app_externalivr.c b/apps/app_externalivr.c
index 7929a02382..a42dd95512 100644
--- a/apps/app_externalivr.c
+++ b/apps/app_externalivr.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static int app_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, void *data)
 			close(i);
 		execv(argv[0], argv);
 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to execute '%s': %s\n", argv[0], strerror(errno));
-		exit(1);
+		_exit(1);
 	} else {
 		/* parent process */
 		int child_events_fd = child_stdin[1];
diff --git a/main/asterisk.c b/main/asterisk.c
index 941d211298..7b7b11ae77 100644
--- a/main/asterisk.c
+++ b/main/asterisk.c
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ int ast_safe_system(const char *s)
 			close(x);
 #endif
 		execl("/bin/sh", "/bin/sh", "-c", s, (char *) NULL);
-		exit(1);
+		_exit(1);
 	} else if (pid > 0) {
 		for(;;) {
 			res = wait4(pid, &status, 0, &rusage);
diff --git a/res/res_agi.c b/res/res_agi.c
index de9fd31512..7a9677c6c0 100644
--- a/res/res_agi.c
+++ b/res/res_agi.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static enum agi_result launch_script(char *script, char *argv[], int *fds, int *
 		/* unblock important signal handlers */
 		if (sigfillset(&signal_set) || pthread_sigmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &signal_set, NULL)) {
 			ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "unable to unblock signals for AGI script: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-			exit(1);
+			_exit(1);
 		}
 
 		/* Close everything but stdin/out/error */
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static enum agi_result launch_script(char *script, char *argv[], int *fds, int *
 		/* Can't use ast_log since FD's are closed */
 		fprintf(stdout, "verbose \"Failed to execute '%s': %s\" 2\n", script, strerror(errno));
 		fflush(stdout);
-		exit(1);
+		_exit(1);
 	}
 	if (option_verbose > 2) 
 		ast_verbose(VERBOSE_PREFIX_3 "Launched AGI Script %s\n", script);
diff --git a/res/res_musiconhold.c b/res/res_musiconhold.c
index a4debac8f3..d6832009d8 100644
--- a/res/res_musiconhold.c
+++ b/res/res_musiconhold.c
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ static int spawn_mp3(struct mohclass *class)
 		}
 		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Exec failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		close(fds[1]);
-		exit(1);
+		_exit(1);
 	} else {
 		/* Parent */
 		close(fds[1]);