1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/wc.c b/src/wc.c
index 4909d9fe8..204802543 100644
--- a/src/wc.c
+++ b/src/wc.c
@@ -797,5 +797,5 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   if (have_read_stdin && close (STDIN_FILENO) != 0)
     error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "-");
 
-  exit (ok ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
+  return ok ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
 }