diff --git a/test/common/autotest_common.sh b/test/common/autotest_common.sh
index e12413643..63ec56984 100644
--- a/test/common/autotest_common.sh
+++ b/test/common/autotest_common.sh
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ function start_stub() {
 }
 
 function kill_stub() {
-	kill $stubpid
+	kill $1 $stubpid
 	wait $stubpid
 	rm -f /var/run/spdk_stub0
 	# Re-enable ASLR now that we are done with multi-process testing
diff --git a/test/nvme/nvme.sh b/test/nvme/nvme.sh
index c86570afd..9264886b8 100755
--- a/test/nvme/nvme.sh
+++ b/test/nvme/nvme.sh
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ `uname` = Linux ]; then
 	start_stub "-s 4096 -i 0 -m 0xF"
-	trap "kill_stub; exit 1" SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
+	trap "kill_stub -9; exit 1" SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
 fi
 
 if [ $RUN_NIGHTLY -eq 1 ]; then