diff --git a/usr.sbin/sendmail/src/main.c b/usr.sbin/sendmail/src/main.c
index cddbc5f7f0ce..1b2b9da15023 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sendmail/src/main.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/sendmail/src/main.c
@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ sighup()
 		syslog(LOG_INFO, "restarting %s on signal", SaveArgv[0]);
 #endif
 	releasesignal(SIGHUP);
-	execvp(SaveArgv[0], (ARGV_T) SaveArgv);
+	execv(SaveArgv[0], (ARGV_T) SaveArgv);
 #ifdef LOG
 	if (LogLevel > 0)
 		syslog(LOG_ALERT, "could not exec %s: %m", SaveArgv[0]);