diff --git a/gpMgmt/bin/gpload.py b/gpMgmt/bin/gpload.py
index 106dea322ce4c8e9cc878d260a23a78bf3a48d15..cf88f51b9ef05ad80f9e52971776d9afcf03d657 100755
--- a/gpMgmt/bin/gpload.py
+++ b/gpMgmt/bin/gpload.py
@@ -2745,7 +2745,7 @@ class gpload:
                                          stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
 
                     else:
-                        os.kill(a.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
+                        os.kill(a.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                 except OSError:
                     pass
         self.log(self.LOG, 'terminating all threads')
diff --git a/src/bin/gpfdist/gpfdist.c b/src/bin/gpfdist/gpfdist.c
index 7e3bf27d32b446c93679d9acecd8b00e8480f5be..b27e7e75422141565b6cbc9e9b240f63fb512297 100644
--- a/src/bin/gpfdist/gpfdist.c
+++ b/src/bin/gpfdist/gpfdist.c
@@ -2567,7 +2567,7 @@ process_term_signal(int sig,short event,void* arg)
 			{
 				closesocket(gcb.listen_socks[i]);
 			}
-		exit(1);
+		_exit(1);
 }