diff --git a/src/util.cc b/src/util.cc
index 8a693d3fc2..36d346a882 100644
--- a/src/util.cc
+++ b/src/util.cc
@@ -1838,7 +1838,7 @@ RETSIGTYPE sig_handler(int signo);
 void terminate_processing()
 	{
 	if ( ! terminating )
-		sig_handler(SIGTERM);
+		raise(SIGTERM);
 	}
 
 extern const char* proc_status_file;