diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index a9355ce1c6d586cef3c9cd62641a141bfa91c245..3a1a01af9a805b38b05f1833eefa80400072f4f4 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -854,7 +854,8 @@ void disassociate_ctty(int on_exit)
 			struct pid *tty_pgrp = tty_get_pgrp(tty);
 			if (tty_pgrp) {
 				kill_pgrp(tty_pgrp, SIGHUP, on_exit);
-				kill_pgrp(tty_pgrp, SIGCONT, on_exit);
+				if (!on_exit)
+					kill_pgrp(tty_pgrp, SIGCONT, on_exit);
 				put_pid(tty_pgrp);
 			}
 		}