diff --git a/init/init.cpp b/init/init.cpp
index 817b33e75..e611f18d5 100644
--- a/init/init.cpp
+++ b/init/init.cpp
@@ -569,8 +569,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
     epoll_fd = epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
     if (epoll_fd == -1) {
-        PLOG(ERROR) << "epoll_create1 failed";
-        exit(1);
+        PLOG(FATAL) << "epoll_create1 failed";
     }
 
     sigchld_handler_init();
diff --git a/init/property_service.cpp b/init/property_service.cpp
index 01f41e167..6321fb209 100644
--- a/init/property_service.cpp
+++ b/init/property_service.cpp
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ static struct selabel_handle* sehandle_prop;
 
 void property_init() {
     if (__system_property_area_init()) {
-        LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to initialize property area";
-        exit(1);
+        LOG(FATAL) << "Failed to initialize property area";
     }
 }
 
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ static void PropertyChildLaunch() {
             LOG(ERROR) << "property_set_async(\"" << info.name << "\", \"" << info.value
                        << "\") failed";
         }
-        exit(0);
+        _exit(0);
     }
 }
 
@@ -719,8 +718,7 @@ void start_property_service() {
     property_set_fd = CreateSocket(PROP_SERVICE_NAME, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC | SOCK_NONBLOCK,
                                    false, 0666, 0, 0, nullptr);
     if (property_set_fd == -1) {
-        PLOG(ERROR) << "start_property_service socket creation failed";
-        exit(1);
+        PLOG(FATAL) << "start_property_service socket creation failed";
     }
 
     listen(property_set_fd, 8);
diff --git a/init/sigchld_handler.cpp b/init/sigchld_handler.cpp
index 8fc995606..fa67199ee 100644
--- a/init/sigchld_handler.cpp
+++ b/init/sigchld_handler.cpp
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ void sigchld_handler_init() {
     // Create a signalling mechanism for SIGCHLD.
     int s[2];
     if (socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_NONBLOCK | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0, s) == -1) {
-        PLOG(ERROR) << "socketpair failed";
-        exit(1);
+        PLOG(FATAL) << "socketpair failed in sigchld_handler_init";
     }
 
     signal_write_fd = s[0];