diff --git a/src/shared/spawn-ask-password-agent.c b/src/shared/spawn-ask-password-agent.c
index a99c467db32..17785fd1537 100644
--- a/src/shared/spawn-ask-password-agent.c
+++ b/src/shared/spawn-ask-password-agent.c
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ void ask_password_agent_close(void) {
                 return;
 
         /* Inform agent that we are done */
-        (void) kill(agent_pid, SIGTERM);
-        (void) kill(agent_pid, SIGCONT);
+        (void) kill_and_sigcont(agent_pid, SIGTERM);
         (void) wait_for_terminate(agent_pid, NULL);
         agent_pid = 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/spawn-polkit-agent.c b/src/shared/spawn-polkit-agent.c
index c6bd65eb71d..886248b9f97 100644
--- a/src/shared/spawn-polkit-agent.c
+++ b/src/shared/spawn-polkit-agent.c
@@ -83,9 +83,7 @@ void polkit_agent_close(void) {
                 return;
 
         /* Inform agent that we are done */
-        (void) kill(agent_pid, SIGTERM);
-        (void) kill(agent_pid, SIGCONT);
-
+        (void) kill_and_sigcont(agent_pid, SIGTERM);
         (void) wait_for_terminate(agent_pid, NULL);
         agent_pid = 0;
 }