diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index e606903..60a2c5e 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -3383,7 +3383,11 @@ static void qemu_event_increment(void)
     if (io_thread_fd == -1)
         return;
 
-    write(io_thread_fd, &byte, sizeof(byte));
+    if (write(io_thread_fd, &byte, sizeof(byte)) != sizeof(byte)){
+        fprintf(stderr, "qemu_event_increment: write() filed: %s\n",
+                strerror(errno));
+        exit (1);
+    }
 }
 
 static void qemu_event_read(void *opaque)
@@ -5767,7 +5771,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 #ifndef _WIN32
         if (daemonize) {
             uint8_t status = 1;
-            write(fds[1], &status, 1);
+            if (write(fds[1], &status, 1) != 1)
+                perror("write()");
         } else
 #endif
             fprintf(stderr, "Could not acquire pid file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
@@ -6064,7 +6069,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 	if (len != 1)
 	    exit(1);
 
-	chdir("/");
+	if (chdir("/"))
+        exit(1);
 	TFR(fd = qemu_open("/dev/null", O_RDWR));
 	if (fd == -1)
 	    exit(1);
@@ -6083,7 +6089,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
             fprintf(stderr, "chroot failed\n");
             exit(1);
         }
-        chdir("/");
+        if (chdir("/"))
+            exit(1);
     }
 
     if (run_as) {