1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/recipes/80-test_cmp_http.t b/test/recipes/80-test_cmp_http.t
index c704cc758e91..8ea33d90c09f 100644
--- a/test/recipes/80-test_cmp_http.t
+++ b/test/recipes/80-test_cmp_http.t
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ sub start_mock_server {
     print "Pid is: $pid\n";
     if ($server_port == 0) {
         # Find out the actual server port
+        my $pid0 = $pid;
         while (<$server_fh>) {
             print "Server output: $_";
             next if m/using section/;
@@ -281,6 +282,11 @@ sub start_mock_server {
             ($server_port, $pid) = ($1, $2) if /^ACCEPT\s.*:(\d+) PID=(\d+)$/;
             last; # Do not loop further to prevent hangs on server misbehavior
         }
+        if ($pid0 != $pid) {
+            # kill the shell process
+            kill('KILL', $pid0);
+            waitpid($pid0, 0);
+        }
     }
     unless ($server_port > 0) {
         stop_mock_server($pid);