diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index f70eafb..e7e32cf 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -716,8 +716,8 @@
 		if (alertif_too_many_args(1, file, linenum, args, &err_code))
 			goto out;
 		if (*args[1]) {
-			if (!strcmp(args[1], "exit-on-failure")) {
-				global.tune.options |= GTUNE_EXIT_ONFAILURE;
+			if (!strcmp(args[1], "no-exit-on-failure")) {
+				global.tune.options |= GTUNE_NOEXIT_ONFAILURE;
 			} else {
 				ha_alert("parsing [%s:%d] : '%s' only supports 'exit-on-failure' option.\n", file, linenum, args[0]);
 				err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index faa46e0..891a021 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@
 			if (current_child(exitpid)) {
 				ha_alert("Current worker %d left with exit code %d\n", exitpid, status);
 				if (status != 0 && status != 130 && status != 143
-				    && global.tune.options & GTUNE_EXIT_ONFAILURE) {
+				    && !(global.tune.options & GTUNE_NOEXIT_ONFAILURE)) {
 					ha_alert("exit-on-failure: killing every workers with SIGTERM\n");
 					mworker_kill(SIGTERM);
 				}