diff --git a/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp b/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp
index ef3bb5cee598dfff1fd37462bdf130e4a39b830f..49b978a0258ce36f7b40935e64fab8542f399714 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ void VMError::report_and_die() {
       out.print_raw   (cmd);
       out.print_raw_cr("\" ...");
 
-      if (os::fork_and_exec(cmd, true) < 0) {
+      if (os::fork_and_exec(cmd) < 0) {
         out.print_cr("os::fork_and_exec failed: %s (%d)", strerror(errno), errno);
       }
     }
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ void VM_ReportJavaOutOfMemory::doit() {
 #endif
     tty->print_cr("\"%s\"...", cmd);
 
-    if (os::fork_and_exec(cmd) < 0) {
+    if (os::fork_and_exec(cmd, true) < 0) {
       tty->print_cr("os::fork_and_exec failed: %s (%d)", strerror(errno), errno);
     }
   }