diff --git a/sh/rc-cgroup.sh.in b/sh/rc-cgroup.sh.in
index 4b713594..3c7558cd 100644
--- a/sh/rc-cgroup.sh.in
+++ b/sh/rc-cgroup.sh.in
@@ -204,13 +204,13 @@ cgroup_cleanup()
 	local pids
 	pids="$(cgroup_get_pids)"
 	if [ -n "${pids}" ]; then
-		kill -s "${stopsig:-SIGTERM}" ${pids} 2> /dev/null
-		kill -s SIGCONT ${pids} 2> /dev/null
+		kill -s "${stopsig:-TERM}" ${pids} 2> /dev/null
+		kill -s CONT ${pids} 2> /dev/null
 		yesno "${rc_send_sighup:-no}" &&
-			kill -s SIGHUP ${pids} 2> /dev/null
+			kill -s HUP ${pids} 2> /dev/null
 		sleep "${rc_timeout_stopsec:-90}"
 		yesno "${rc_send_sigkill:-yes}" &&
-			kill -s SIGKILL ${pids} 2> /dev/null
+			kill -s KILL ${pids} 2> /dev/null
 	fi
 	eend 0
 }