diff --git a/dist/images/start-controller.sh b/dist/images/start-controller.sh
index 6457059f55d..bd4404ddc47 100755
--- a/dist/images/start-controller.sh
+++ b/dist/images/start-controller.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ function gen_conn_str {
 nb_addr="$(gen_conn_str 6641)"
 sb_addr="$(gen_conn_str 6642)"
 
-exec ./kube-ovn-controller --ovn-nb-addr="$nb_addr" \
+./kube-ovn-controller --ovn-nb-addr="$nb_addr" \
                            --ovn-sb-addr="$sb_addr" \
                            $@
diff --git a/dist/images/start-ic-controller.sh b/dist/images/start-ic-controller.sh
index 764032656a7..45a305b0454 100755
--- a/dist/images/start-ic-controller.sh
+++ b/dist/images/start-ic-controller.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ if [ -z "${OVN_NB_DAEMON}" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-exec ./kube-ovn-ic-controller  --ovn-nb-addr="$nb_addr" \
+./kube-ovn-ic-controller  --ovn-nb-addr="$nb_addr" \
                            --ovn-sb-addr="$sb_addr" \
                            $@
diff --git a/dist/images/start-ovn-monitor.sh b/dist/images/start-ovn-monitor.sh
index b54250f62c6..4958c370c29 100755
--- a/dist/images/start-ovn-monitor.sh
+++ b/dist/images/start-ovn-monitor.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 ENABLE_SSL=${ENABLE_SSL:-false}
 
-exec ./kube-ovn-monitor $@
+./kube-ovn-monitor $@
diff --git a/dist/images/start-webhook.sh b/dist/images/start-webhook.sh
index 4257e654089..ced701f1366 100755
--- a/dist/images/start-webhook.sh
+++ b/dist/images/start-webhook.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-exec ./kube-ovn-webhook
+./kube-ovn-webhook