diff --git a/apps/app_externalivr.c b/apps/app_externalivr.c
index 5d2ba1f65cf1df3a38cebb741780b264872f03dd..f9b8905884c130721b280de3b4f6394a91495a4c 100644
--- a/apps/app_externalivr.c
+++ b/apps/app_externalivr.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ 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 44bea2812acb4e85e8323d0069aff289a7b2e9b9..9ac742de720d447b082cb0d0c7e4f169d99e33e1 100644
--- a/main/asterisk.c
+++ b/main/asterisk.c
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ 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 686b17ddd29a877a5d0ebd0a262067017e10eb25..bbb1dc8a96025a2a811e822539db30c6c4c9febd 100644
--- a/res/res_agi.c
+++ b/res/res_agi.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ 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 */
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ 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 a8b4d62e8002b8e841fcd5b1b82875f9b7b222ce..44cc5498f0eaf6812f0ed87658ba079cd98282d3 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]);