diff --git a/scsh/procobj.scm b/scsh/procobj.scm
index f2c7723..14c14f5 100644
--- a/scsh/procobj.scm
+++ b/scsh/procobj.scm
@@ -345,8 +345,10 @@
 
 ;;; All you have to do, if a wait on proc was successful
 (define (waited-by-wait proc status)
-  (obituary proc status)
-  (mark-proc-waited! proc))
+  (if (not (status:stop-sig status))
+      (begin
+	(obituary proc status)
+	(mark-proc-waited! proc))))
 
 ;;; we know from somewhere that proc is dead
 (define (obituary proc status)