diff --git a/adb/services.c b/adb/services.c
index f0d5878..951048e 100644
--- a/adb/services.c
+++ b/adb/services.c
@@ -144,7 +144,11 @@
     if (ret < 0) {
         snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "reboot failed: %d\n", ret);
         writex(fd, buf, strlen(buf));
+        goto cleanup;
     }
+    // Don't return early. Give the reboot command time to take effect
+    // to avoid messing up scripts which do "adb reboot && adb wait-for-device"
+    while(1) { pause(); }
 cleanup:
     free(arg);
     adb_close(fd);
diff --git a/reboot/reboot.c b/reboot/reboot.c
index 0e5170d..d9a4227 100644
--- a/reboot/reboot.c
+++ b/reboot/reboot.c
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@
         perror("reboot");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
+
+    // Don't return early. Give the reboot command time to take effect
+    // to avoid messing up scripts which do "adb shell reboot && adb wait-for-device"
+    while(1) { pause(); }
+
     fprintf(stderr, "Done\n");
     return 0;
 }