diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 58c6265c6..eb6aefcbe 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-02-08  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* sigproc.cc (child_info_fork::abort): Call TerminateProcess rather
+	than ExitProcess.
+
 2012-02-08  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* uinfo.cc (cygheap_user::env_userprofile): Simplify since network
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
index 5acc584c6..7850ab1b6 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
@@ -1112,10 +1112,10 @@ child_info_fork::abort (const char *fmt, ...)
       va_list ap;
       va_start (ap, fmt);
       strace_vprintf (SYSTEM, fmt, ap);
-      ExitProcess (EXITCODE_FORK_FAILED);
+      TerminateProcess (GetCurrentProcess (), EXITCODE_FORK_FAILED);
     }
   if (retry > 0)
-    ExitProcess (EXITCODE_RETRY);
+    TerminateProcess (GetCurrentProcess (), EXITCODE_RETRY);
   return false;
 }