--- libc/sysdeps/linux/common/ssp.c
+++ libc/sysdeps/linux/common/ssp.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 	if (sigaction(SSP_SIGTYPE, &sa, NULL) == 0)
 		(void)kill(pid, SSP_SIGTYPE);
 #endif
-	(void)kill(pid, SIGKILL);
+	(void)kill(pid, SIGABRT);
 	/* The loop is added only to keep gcc happy. */
 	while(1)
 		_exit(127);
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 	do_msg(msg_fail, __uclibc_progname, msg_terminated);
 
 	pid = getpid();
-	(void)kill(pid, SIGKILL);
+	(void)kill(pid, SIGABRT);
 	/* The loop is added only to keep gcc happy. */
 	while(1)
 		_exit(127);