diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/ggevent.py b/gunicorn/workers/ggevent.py
index 7e713c01..c80b1ea8 100644
--- a/gunicorn/workers/ggevent.py
+++ b/gunicorn/workers/ggevent.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ class GEventWorker(AsyncWorker):
             pool.join(timeout=self.timeout)
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             pass
-        os._exit(3)
 
     def acceptor(self, pool):
         gevent.getcurrent()