diff --git a/payload_consumer/postinstall_runner_action.cc b/payload_consumer/postinstall_runner_action.cc
index c24590e..dd40485 100644
--- a/payload_consumer/postinstall_runner_action.cc
+++ b/payload_consumer/postinstall_runner_action.cc
@@ -345,6 +345,8 @@
     return;
   if (kill(current_command_, SIGSTOP) != 0) {
     PLOG(ERROR) << "Couldn't pause child process " << current_command_;
+  } else {
+    is_current_command_suspended_ = true;
   }
 }
 
@@ -353,6 +355,8 @@
     return;
   if (kill(current_command_, SIGCONT) != 0) {
     PLOG(ERROR) << "Couldn't resume child process " << current_command_;
+  } else {
+    is_current_command_suspended_ = false;
   }
 }
 
@@ -362,6 +366,13 @@
   // Calling KillExec() will discard the callback we registered and therefore
   // the unretained reference to this object.
   Subprocess::Get().KillExec(current_command_);
+
+  // If the command has been suspended, resume it after KillExec() so that the
+  // process can process the SIGTERM sent by KillExec().
+  if (is_current_command_suspended_) {
+    ResumeAction();
+  }
+
   current_command_ = 0;
   Cleanup();
 }
diff --git a/payload_consumer/postinstall_runner_action.h b/payload_consumer/postinstall_runner_action.h
index 4cdc47e..26e18a1 100644
--- a/payload_consumer/postinstall_runner_action.h
+++ b/payload_consumer/postinstall_runner_action.h
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@
   // Postinstall command currently running, or 0 if no program running.
   pid_t current_command_{0};
 
+  // True if |current_command_| has been suspended by SuspendAction().
+  bool is_current_command_suspended_{false};
+
   // The parent progress file descriptor used to watch for progress reports from
   // the postinstall program and the task watching for them.
   int progress_fd_{-1};