diff --git a/vfs/ChangeLog b/vfs/ChangeLog
index 9741a51ef..7ad926fce 100644
--- a/vfs/ChangeLog
+++ b/vfs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2002-08-19  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
+	* fish.c (pipeopen): Use _exit(), not vfs_die() to terminate the
+	child if execvp() fails.
+
 	* sfs.c: Don't use flag EXECUTE_SETUID because it's being
 	removed as insecure and EXECUTE_WAIT because it has no effect.
 	* extfs.c: Likewise.
diff --git a/vfs/fish.c b/vfs/fish.c
index 5a30a2e26..77543f4da 100644
--- a/vfs/fish.c
+++ b/vfs/fish.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ pipeopen(vfs_s_super *super, char *path, char *argv[])
 	open ("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);
 	close(fileset2[0]); close(fileset2[1]);
 	execvp(path, argv);
-	vfs_die("Exec failed.");
+	_exit(3);
     }
 }