diff --git a/benchmark/http/simple.js b/benchmark/http/simple.js
index 04a2a2911f2..8a1be980520 100644
--- a/benchmark/http/simple.js
+++ b/benchmark/http/simple.js
@@ -11,14 +11,13 @@ var bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
 function main(conf) {
   process.env.PORT = PORT;
   var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
-  var simple = require('path').resolve(__dirname, '../http_simple.js');
-  var server = spawn(process.execPath, [simple]);
+  var server = require('../http_simple.js');
   setTimeout(function() {
     var path = '/' + conf.type + '/' + conf.length; //+ '/' + conf.chunks;
     var args = ['-r', 5000, '-t', 8, '-c', conf.c];
 
     bench.http(path, args, function() {
-      server.kill();
+      server.close();
     });
   }, 2000);
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/http_simple.js b/benchmark/http_simple.js
index 54500b49b50..36800f2c9db 100644
--- a/benchmark/http_simple.js
+++ b/benchmark/http_simple.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if (useDomains) {
   gdom.enter();
 }
 
-var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+var server = module.exports = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
   if (useDomains) {
     var dom = domain.create();
     dom.add(req);