diff --git a/chardev/char-mux.c b/chardev/char-mux.c
index ada0c6866f..ee2d47b20d 100644
--- a/chardev/char-mux.c
+++ b/chardev/char-mux.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "qemu/option.h"
 #include "chardev/char.h"
 #include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-commands-control.h"
 #include "chardev-internal.h"
 
 /* MUX driver for serial I/O splitting */
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ static int mux_proc_byte(Chardev *chr, MuxChardev *d, int ch)
             {
                  const char *term =  "QEMU: Terminated\n\r";
                  qemu_chr_write_all(chr, (uint8_t *)term, strlen(term));
-                 exit(0);
+                 qmp_quit(NULL);
                  break;
             }
         case 's':
diff --git a/stubs/meson.build b/stubs/meson.build
index f6aa3aa94f..71469c1d50 100644
--- a/stubs/meson.build
+++ b/stubs/meson.build
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ stub_ss.add(files('pci-bus.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('qemu-timer-notify-cb.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('qmp_memory_device.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('qmp-command-available.c'))
+stub_ss.add(files('qmp-quit.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('qtest.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('ram-block.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('ramfb.c'))
diff --git a/stubs/qmp-quit.c b/stubs/qmp-quit.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3ff47f7bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/qmp-quit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-commands-control.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/dispatch.h"
+
+void qmp_quit(Error **errp)
+{
+    g_assert_not_reached();
+}