diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index a22ed321f..b4f6a4f88 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ static void mworker_reload()
 
 	deinit(); /* we don't want to leak FD there */
 	Warning("Reexecuting Master process\n");
-	execv(next_argv[0], next_argv);
+	execvp(next_argv[0], next_argv);
 
 alloc_error:
 	Warning("Cannot allocate memory\n");