diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index cbe9c1a572..918ecdd895 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-12-04  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@debian.org>
+
+	PR tui/1703
+	* linux-nat.c (linux_tracefork_child): Use _exit instead of exit.
+	Suggested by Joshua Neuheisel.
+
 2004-12-03  Randolph Chung  <tausq@debian.org>
 
 	* gdbarch.sh (instruction_nullified): Delete.
diff --git a/gdb/linux-nat.c b/gdb/linux-nat.c
index ef693f9771..a6f389e5b2 100644
--- a/gdb/linux-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/linux-nat.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ linux_tracefork_child (void)
   ptrace (PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, 0, 0);
   kill (getpid (), SIGSTOP);
   fork ();
-  exit (0);
+  _exit (0);
 }
 
 /* Wrapper function for waitpid which handles EINTR.  */