diff --git a/execdriver/chroot/driver.go b/execdriver/chroot/driver.go
index 4b2e02904e..7848cfc4be 100644
--- a/execdriver/chroot/driver.go
+++ b/execdriver/chroot/driver.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/pkg/mount"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"syscall"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -67,7 +68,16 @@ func (d *driver) Run(c *execdriver.Command, startCallback execdriver.StartCallba
 	}
 
 	err = c.Wait()
-	return c.GetExitCode(), err
+	return getExitCode(c), err
+}
+
+/// Return the exit code of the process
+// if the process has not exited -1 will be returned
+func getExitCode(c *execdriver.Command) int {
+	if c.ProcessState == nil {
+		return -1
+	}
+	return c.ProcessState.Sys().(syscall.WaitStatus).ExitStatus()
 }
 
 func (d *driver) Kill(p *execdriver.Command, sig int) error {
diff --git a/execdriver/driver.go b/execdriver/driver.go
index 511e9e80c6..9b352c379f 100644
--- a/execdriver/driver.go
+++ b/execdriver/driver.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package execdriver
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"os/exec"
-	"syscall"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -109,12 +108,3 @@ func (c *Command) Pid() int {
 	}
 	return c.Process.Pid
 }
-
-// Return the exit code of the process
-// if the process has not exited -1 will be returned
-func (c *Command) GetExitCode() int {
-	if c.ProcessState == nil {
-		return -1
-	}
-	return c.ProcessState.Sys().(syscall.WaitStatus).ExitStatus()
-}
diff --git a/execdriver/lxc/driver.go b/execdriver/lxc/driver.go
index 0e64dfd968..0d3454f2b7 100644
--- a/execdriver/lxc/driver.go
+++ b/execdriver/lxc/driver.go
@@ -169,7 +169,16 @@ func (d *driver) Run(c *execdriver.Command, startCallback execdriver.StartCallba
 
 	<-waitLock
 
-	return c.GetExitCode(), waitErr
+	return getExitCode(c), waitErr
+}
+
+/// Return the exit code of the process
+// if the process has not exited -1 will be returned
+func getExitCode(c *execdriver.Command) int {
+	if c.ProcessState == nil {
+		return -1
+	}
+	return c.ProcessState.Sys().(syscall.WaitStatus).ExitStatus()
 }
 
 func (d *driver) Kill(c *execdriver.Command, sig int) error {