diff --git a/apps/plugins/lua/loslib.c b/apps/plugins/lua/loslib.c
index 6cb8c0541b..dce8811fbe 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/lua/loslib.c
+++ b/apps/plugins/lua/loslib.c
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ static int os_time (lua_State *L) {
 
 
 static int os_exit (lua_State *L) {
-  exit(luaL_optint(L, 1, EXIT_SUCCESS));
+  int status = luaL_optint(L, 1, EXIT_SUCCESS);
+  lua_close(L);
+  exit(status);
   return EXIT_SUCCESS; /* never reached, surpress warning */
 }