diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_monitord.c b/src/lxc/lxc_monitord.c
index e7e692a0cd..ed5542cbdf 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_monitord.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_monitord.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static int lxc_monitord_fifo_handler(int fd, uint32_t events, void *data,
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < mon->clientfds_cnt; i++) {
-		ret = write(mon->clientfds[i], &msglxc, sizeof(msglxc));
+		ret = lxc_write_nointr(mon->clientfds[i], &msglxc, sizeof(msglxc));
 		if (ret < 0)
 			ERROR("Failed to send message to client file descriptor %d: %s.",
 			      mon->clientfds[i], strerror(errno));
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 * if-empty-statement construct is to quiet the
 	 * warn-unused-result warning.
 	 */
-	if (write(pipefd, "S", 1))
+	if (lxc_write_nointr(pipefd, "S", 1))
 		;
 	close(pipefd);
 
diff --git a/src/lxc/tools/lxc_usernsexec.c b/src/lxc/tools/lxc_usernsexec.c
index ccf3d521f0..93340cfcb1 100644
--- a/src/lxc/tools/lxc_usernsexec.c
+++ b/src/lxc/tools/lxc_usernsexec.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			return 1;
 		}
 		buf[0] = '1';
-		if (write(pipe_fds1[1], buf, 1) < 1) {
+		if (lxc_write_nointr(pipe_fds1[1], buf, 1) < 1) {
 			perror("write pipe");
 			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 		}
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (lxc_map_ids(&active_map, pid))
 		fprintf(stderr, "error mapping child\n");
 
-	if (write(pipe_fds2[1], buf, 1) < 0) {
+	if (lxc_write_nointr(pipe_fds2[1], buf, 1) < 0) {
 		perror("write to pipe");
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}