diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_posix_libcdep.cc b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_posix_libcdep.cc
index 91330b55524f..5add77ad3a07 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_posix_libcdep.cc
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_posix_libcdep.cc
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ pid_t StartSubprocess(const char *program, const char *const argv[],
 
     for (int fd = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX); fd > 2; fd--) internal_close(fd);
 
-    internal_execve(program, const_cast<char **>(&argv[0]), nullptr);
+    execv(program, const_cast<char **>(&argv[0]));
     internal__exit(1);
   }