diff --git a/src/haproxy-systemd-wrapper.c b/src/haproxy-systemd-wrapper.c
index d118ec6ff..a78e75b36 100644
--- a/src/haproxy-systemd-wrapper.c
+++ b/src/haproxy-systemd-wrapper.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static void spawn_haproxy(char **pid_strv, int nb_pid)
 		fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 
 		execv(argv[0], argv);
-		exit(0);
+		exit(1);
 	}
 }