diff --git a/lib/utilunix.c b/lib/utilunix.c
index 02f9114657..41e0b7115b 100644
--- a/lib/utilunix.c
+++ b/lib/utilunix.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ my_fork_state (void)
 {
     pid_t pid;
 
-    pid = fork ();
+    pid = my_fork ();
 
     if (pid < 0)
     {
diff --git a/src/background.c b/src/background.c
index ce727c4bd0..72a0eda73e 100644
--- a/src/background.c
+++ b/src/background.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include "lib/tty/key.h"        /* add_select_channel(), delete_select_channel() */
 #include "lib/widget.h"         /* message() */
 #include "lib/event-types.h"
+#include "lib/util.h"           /* my_fork() */
 
 #include "filemanager/fileopctx.h"      /* file_op_context_t */
 
@@ -535,7 +536,7 @@ do_background (file_op_context_t *ctx, char *info)
         return (-1);
     }
 
-    pid = fork ();
+    pid = my_fork ();
     if (pid == -1)
     {
         int saved_errno = errno;
diff --git a/src/cons.handler.c b/src/cons.handler.c
index 5f58a4271e..2a026960b8 100644
--- a/src/cons.handler.c
+++ b/src/cons.handler.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ handle_console_linux (console_action_t action)
             break;
         }
         /* Get the console saver running */
-        cons_saver_pid = fork ();
+        cons_saver_pid = my_fork ();
         if (cons_saver_pid < 0)
         {
             /* Cannot fork */
diff --git a/src/subshell/common.c b/src/subshell/common.c
index 72f0015690..c196865c00 100644
--- a/src/subshell/common.c
+++ b/src/subshell/common.c
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ init_subshell (void)
 
     subshell_alive = TRUE;
     subshell_stopped = FALSE;
-    subshell_pid = fork ();
+    subshell_pid = my_fork ();
 
     if (subshell_pid == -1)
     {
diff --git a/src/vfs/shell/shell.c b/src/vfs/shell/shell.c
index c0824fd606..b13fb9911f 100644
--- a/src/vfs/shell/shell.c
+++ b/src/vfs/shell/shell.c
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ shell_pipeopen (struct vfs_s_super *super, const char *path, const char *argv[])
     if ((pipe (fileset1) < 0) || (pipe (fileset2) < 0))
         vfs_die ("Cannot pipe(): %m.");
 
-    res = fork ();
+    res = my_fork ();
 
     if (res != 0)
     {