diff --git a/src/osd/OSD.cc b/src/osd/OSD.cc
index 8ba5c5c778dea..0347b15117d99 100644
--- a/src/osd/OSD.cc
+++ b/src/osd/OSD.cc
@@ -4795,7 +4795,7 @@ void OSD::RemoveWQ::_process(
 
   if (cct->_conf->osd_inject_failure_on_pg_removal) {
     generic_derr << "osd_inject_failure_on_pg_removal" << dendl;
-    exit(1);
+    _exit(1);
   }
   t.remove_collection(coll);