1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/bin/kill/kill.c b/bin/kill/kill.c
index 2d41f7865e48..b23c00acf21c 100644
--- a/bin/kill/kill.c
+++ b/bin/kill/kill.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static void usage(void);
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	int errors, numsig, pid;
+	int errors, numsig, pid, ret;
 	char *ep;
 
 	if (argc < 2)
@@ -134,15 +134,16 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	for (errors = 0; argc; argc--, argv++) {
 #ifdef SHELL
 		if (**argv == '%')
-			pid = getjobpgrp(*argv);
+			ret = killjob(*argv, numsig);
 		else
 #endif
 		{
 			pid = strtol(*argv, &ep, 10);
 			if (!**argv || *ep)
 				errx(2, "illegal process id: %s", *argv);
+			ret = kill(pid, numsig);
 		}
-		if (kill(pid, numsig) == -1) {
+		if (ret == -1) {
 			warn("%s", *argv);
 			errors = 1;
 		}