diff --git a/lib/Support/ErrorHandling.cpp b/lib/Support/ErrorHandling.cpp
index 3c335a66ae5..e6cc57db824 100644
--- a/lib/Support/ErrorHandling.cpp
+++ b/lib/Support/ErrorHandling.cpp
@@ -81,10 +81,7 @@ void llvm::report_fatal_error(const Twine &Reason) {
   // files registered with RemoveFileOnSignal.
   sys::RunInterruptHandlers();
 
-  // When reporting a fatal error, exit with status 70.  For BSD systems this
-  // is defined as an internal software error.  This notifies the driver to
-  // report diagnostics information.
-  exit(70);
+  exit(1);
 }
 
 void llvm::llvm_unreachable_internal(const char *msg, const char *file,
diff --git a/test/Other/close-stderr.ll b/test/Other/close-stderr.ll
index e0641bfd654..e48f44fb405 100644
--- a/test/Other/close-stderr.ll
+++ b/test/Other/close-stderr.ll
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ; RUN: sh -c 'opt --reject-this-option 2>&-; echo $?; opt -o /dev/null /dev/null 2>&-; echo $?;' \
 ; RUN:   | FileCheck %s
-; CHECK: {{^70$}}
+; CHECK: {{^1$}}
 ; CHECK: {{^0$}}
 ; XFAIL: vg_leak
 ; REQUIRES: shell