diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 853ae7e0..36addb11 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -24925,3 +24925,8 @@
 	* Incremented the package version to 4.3.0int6.
 2024-10-23 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
 	* Added an 'hpiplayout_test' command in 'tests/'.
+2024-11-05 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Fixed a regression in rdautoback(8) that caused it to crash when
+	run on Python 3.6.
+	* Fixed a regression in rdautorest(8) that caused it to crash when
+	run on Python 3.6.
diff --git a/utils/rdautoback/rdautoback.py b/utils/rdautoback/rdautoback.py
index 0ed35010..c3f8d60f 100755
--- a/utils/rdautoback/rdautoback.py
+++ b/utils/rdautoback/rdautoback.py
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO,'Starting Rivendell backup to "'+mountpoint+'"')
 # Mount backup device
 #
 result=os.system(command='findmnt '+mountpoint)
-if(os.waitstatus_to_exitcode(result)!=0):
+if(os.WEXITSTATUS(result)!=0):
     Path(mountpoint).mkdir(parents=True,exist_ok=True)
     result=os.system(command='mount '+mountpoint)
-    if(os.waitstatus_to_exitcode(result)!=0):
+    if(os.WEXITSTATUS(result)!=0):
         syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_ERR,'unable to mount backup drive')
         exit(1)
     os.system(command='sleep 5')
diff --git a/utils/rdautorest/rdautorest.py b/utils/rdautorest/rdautorest.py
index 8acf8628..8206d79b 100755
--- a/utils/rdautorest/rdautorest.py
+++ b/utils/rdautorest/rdautorest.py
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO,'Starting Rivendell restore from "'+mountpoint+'"'
 # Mount backup device
 #
 result=os.system(command='findmnt '+mountpoint)
-if(os.waitstatus_to_exitcode(result)!=0):
+if(os.WEXITSTATUS(result)!=0):
     Path(mountpoint).mkdir(parents=True,exist_ok=True)
     result=os.system(command='mount '+mountpoint)
-    if(os.waitstatus_to_exitcode(result)!=0):
+    if(os.WEXITSTATUS(result)!=0):
         syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_ERR,'unable to mount backup drive')
         exit(1)
     os.system(command='sleep 5')