diff --git a/coreutils/mv.c b/coreutils/mv.c
index 5d0b51561..d8dc6c06b 100644
--- a/coreutils/mv.c
+++ b/coreutils/mv.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ int mv_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (argc == 2) {
 		dest_exists = cp_mv_stat(last, &dest_stat);
 		if (dest_exists < 0) {
-			return 1;
+			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 
 		if (!(dest_exists & 2)) {
diff --git a/coreutils/od_bloaty.c b/coreutils/od_bloaty.c
index 9655c2398..54029ff5b 100644
--- a/coreutils/od_bloaty.c
+++ b/coreutils/od_bloaty.c
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ int od_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* skip over any unwanted header bytes */
 	skip(n_bytes_to_skip);
 	if (!in_stream)
-		return 1;
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 
 	pseudo_offset = (flag_pseudo_start ? pseudo_start - n_bytes_to_skip : 0);
 
diff --git a/coreutils/sort.c b/coreutils/sort.c
index 313234675..1d6c59970 100644
--- a/coreutils/sort.c
+++ b/coreutils/sort.c
@@ -374,9 +374,9 @@ int sort_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		for (i = 1; i < linecount; i++)
 			if (compare_keys(&lines[i-1], &lines[i]) > j) {
 				fprintf(stderr, "Check line %d\n", i);
-				return 1;
+				return EXIT_FAILURE;
 			}
-		return 0;
+		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	}
 #endif
 	/* Perform the actual sort */
diff --git a/coreutils/split.c b/coreutils/split.c
index 51a631c56..895a04b06 100644
--- a/coreutils/split.c
+++ b/coreutils/split.c
@@ -137,5 +137,5 @@ int split_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			src += to_write;
 		} while (bytes_read);
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }