diff --git a/fhem/fhem.pl b/fhem/fhem.pl
index 177b8880e..5a9af36b7 100755
--- a/fhem/fhem.pl
+++ b/fhem/fhem.pl
@@ -2604,7 +2604,7 @@ sub
 SignalHandling()
 {
   if($^O ne "MSWin32") {
-    $SIG{INT}  = sub { $sig_term = 1; };
+    $SIG{INT}  = sub { exit() };
     $SIG{TERM} = sub { $sig_term = 1; };
     $SIG{PIPE} = 'IGNORE';
     $SIG{CHLD} = 'IGNORE';