diff --git a/nbase/configlocal.m4 b/nbase/configlocal.m4
index f1c9624f0..2b50fd364 100644
--- a/nbase/configlocal.m4
+++ b/nbase/configlocal.m4
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ int main(void) {
                         hbuf, 256, NULL, 0,
                         NI_NUMERICHOST);
     if (error) {
-        exit(1);
+        return 1;
     } else {
-        exit(0);
+        return 0;
     }
 }
 ],[
diff --git a/nbase/configure b/nbase/configure
index 8ca7fb0e5..6832563b7 100755
--- a/nbase/configure
+++ b/nbase/configure
@@ -4705,9 +4705,9 @@ int main(void) {
                         hbuf, 256, NULL, 0,
                         NI_NUMERICHOST);
     if (error) {
-        exit(1);
+        return 1;
     } else {
-        exit(0);
+        return 0;
     }
 }