1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp.el b/lisp/net/tramp.el
index 2e1a0960d7d..427b3c41e3a 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp.el
@@ -4870,7 +4870,7 @@ Only works for Bourne-like shells."
         (tramp-compat-funcall
          'tramp-send-command
          (process-get proc 'vector)
-         (format "kill -2 %d" pid))
+         (format "kill -2 -%d" pid))
         ;; Wait, until the process has disappeared.  If it doesn't,
         ;; fall back to the default implementation.
         (with-timeout (1 (ignore))