1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c b/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
index 30dd9709d..bc61959d2 100644
--- a/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
+++ b/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
@@ -337,11 +337,17 @@ static int do_stop(void)
                 goto ret;
         }
         for (p = G.found_procs; p; p = p->next) {
-                if (TEST || kill(p->pid, signal_nr) == 0) {
+                if (kill(p->pid, TEST ? 0 : signal_nr) == 0) {
                         killed++;
                 } else {
-                        p->pid = 0;
                         bb_perror_msg("warning: killing process %u", (unsigned)p->pid);
+                        p->pid = 0;
+                        if (TEST) {
+                                /* Example: -K --test --pidfile PIDFILE detected
+                                 * that PIDFILE's pid doesn't exist */
+                                killed = -1;
+                                goto ret;
+                        }
                 }
         }
         if (!QUIET && killed) {