diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index ce5cac7cd6dae638..848f04a0706318ef 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ int main ()
   else
     puts (dlerror ());
 
-    exit (status);
+    return status;
 }]
 EOF
   if AC_TRY_EVAL(ac_link) && test -s conftest${ac_exeext} 2>/dev/null; then
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4cb819a2ac997719..e7e6abc95097dd42 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -10409,7 +10409,7 @@ int main ()
   else
     puts (dlerror ());
 
-    exit (status);
+    return status;
 }
 EOF
   if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
@@ -10509,7 +10509,7 @@ int main ()
   else
     puts (dlerror ());
 
-    exit (status);
+    status;
 }
 EOF
   if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
@@ -21243,7 +21243,7 @@ int main ()
   else
     puts (dlerror ());
 
-    exit (status);
+    status;
 }
 EOF
   if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5