1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/monitor/monitor.c b/src/monitor/monitor.c
index fef1a120f..8845e4a37 100644
--- a/src/monitor/monitor.c
+++ b/src/monitor/monitor.c
@@ -646,6 +646,9 @@ static void mt_svc_sigkill(struct tevent_context *ev,
             "[%s][%d] is not responding to SIGTERM. Sending SIGKILL.\n",
             svc->name, svc->pid);
 
+    /* timer was succesfully executed and it will be released by tevent */
+    svc->kill_timer = NULL;
+
     ret = kill(svc->pid, SIGKILL);
     if (ret != EOK) {
         ret = errno;