diff --git a/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options_parse.c b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options_parse.c
index 12d0a6caf0..898dd310dd 100644
--- a/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options_parse.c
+++ b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options_parse.c
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ comp_perf_options_parse(struct comp_test_data *test_data, int argc, char **argv)
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'h':
 			usage(argv[0]);
-			rte_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS, "Displayed help\n");
+			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 			break;
 		/* long options */
 		case 0:
diff --git a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_options_parsing.c b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_options_parsing.c
index 49b469781c..22bf9cd4d6 100644
--- a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_options_parsing.c
+++ b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_options_parsing.c
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ cperf_options_parse(struct cperf_options *options, int argc, char **argv)
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'h':
 			usage(argv[0]);
-			rte_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS, "Displayed help\n");
+			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 			break;
 		/* long options */
 		case 0:
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
index a1c08a411a..9ce3b4f4be 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ launch_args_parse(int argc, char** argv)
 		case 0: /*long options */
 			if (!strcmp(lgopts[opt_idx].name, "help")) {
 				usage(argv[0]);
-				rte_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS, "Displayed help\n");
+				exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 			}
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_CMDLINE
 			if (!strcmp(lgopts[opt_idx].name, "interactive")) {
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ launch_args_parse(int argc, char** argv)
 			break;
 		case 'h':
 			usage(argv[0]);
-			rte_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS, "Displayed help\n");
+			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 			break;
 		default:
 			usage(argv[0]);