1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
index f7e5a3b3a6..de0dff3ff0 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class QemuRunner:
             r = os.fdopen(r)
             x = r.read()
             os.killpg(os.getpgid(self.runqemu.pid), signal.SIGTERM)
-            sys.exit(0)
+            os._exit(0)
 
         self.logger.debug("runqemu started, pid is %s" % self.runqemu.pid)
         self.logger.debug("waiting at most %s seconds for qemu pid (%s)" %