diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
index d531879..908579f 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
 void wait_stub_done(int pid)
 {
-	int n, status, err, bad_stop = 0;
+	int n, status, err;
 
 	while (1) {
 		CATCH_EINTR(n = waitpid(pid, &status, WUNTRACED | __WALL));
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@
 
 	if (((1 << WSTOPSIG(status)) & STUB_DONE_MASK) != 0)
 		return;
-	else
-		bad_stop = 1;
 
 bad_wait:
 	err = ptrace_dump_regs(pid);
@@ -85,10 +83,7 @@
 	printk(UM_KERN_ERR "wait_stub_done : failed to wait for SIGTRAP, "
 	       "pid = %d, n = %d, errno = %d, status = 0x%x\n", pid, n, errno,
 	       status);
-	if (bad_stop)
-		kill(pid, SIGKILL);
-	else
-		fatal_sigsegv();
+	fatal_sigsegv();
 }
 
 extern unsigned long current_stub_stack(void);