1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp.el b/lisp/net/tramp.el
index 2aa9a6b9859..ef3e62ccce3 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp.el
@@ -4393,7 +4393,7 @@ Only works for Bourne-like shells."
                (t                  process)))
         pid)
     ;; If it's a Tramp process, send the INT signal remotely.
-    (when (and (processp proc)
+    (when (and (processp proc) (process-live-p proc)
                (setq pid (process-get proc 'remote-pid)))
       (tramp-message proc 5 "Interrupt process %s with pid %s" proc pid)
       ;; This is for tramp-sh.el.  Other backends do not support this (yet).