diff --git a/dlls/winspool.drv/info.c b/dlls/winspool.drv/info.c
index 9f07f591828..a1aeaee0ae3 100644
--- a/dlls/winspool.drv/info.c
+++ b/dlls/winspool.drv/info.c
@@ -7224,8 +7224,8 @@ static BOOL schedule_pipe(LPCWSTR cmd, LPCWSTR filename)
         signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_DFL);
         signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
 
-        system(cmdA);
-        exit(0);
+        execl("/bin/sh", "/bin/sh", "-c", cmdA, (char*)0);
+        _exit(1);
     }
 
     while((no_read = read(file_fd, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0)