1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/halt.c b/halt.c
index e875d04f0..10dcb4225 100644
--- a/halt.c
+++ b/halt.c
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ extern int halt_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_LINUXRC
         /* don't assume init's pid == 1 */
-        return(kill(*(find_pid_by_name("init")), SIGUSR1));
+        pid_t *pid = find_pid_by_name("init");
+        if (!pid || *pid<=0)
+                error_msg_and_die("no process killed");
+        return(kill(*pid, SIGUSR1));
 #else
         return(kill(1, SIGUSR1));
 #endif