1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
index 0357f99d92..5624977561 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -258,8 +258,9 @@ class QemuRunner:
 
     def stop(self):
         self.stop_thread()
-        if self.runqemu:
+        if hasattr(self, "origchldhandler"):
             signal.signal(signal.SIGCHLD, self.origchldhandler)
+        if self.runqemu:
             os.kill(self.monitorpid, signal.SIGKILL)
             logger.info("Sending SIGTERM to runqemu")
             try:
@@ -279,7 +280,6 @@ class QemuRunner:
             self.server_socket = None
         self.qemupid = None
         self.ip = None
-        signal.signal(signal.SIGCHLD, self.origchldhandler)
 
     def stop_thread(self):
         if self.thread and self.thread.is_alive():