diff --git a/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/CrashHandler.cpp b/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/CrashHandler.cpp
index 42e20c190c..43ac7276b8 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/CrashHandler.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/CrashHandler.cpp
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ void CrashSignalHandler( int signal )
 	if( childpid == -1 )
 	{
 		safe_print(fileno(stderr), "Crash handler fork() failed: ", strerror(errno), "\n", NULL);
-		exit(1);
+		_exit(1);
 	}
 
 	if( childpid == 0 )