diff --git a/src/basic/process-util.c b/src/basic/process-util.c
index 06493f77995..82bbda895fb 100644
--- a/src/basic/process-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/process-util.c
@@ -857,8 +857,8 @@ int wait_for_terminate_with_timeout(pid_t pid, usec_t timeout) {
 void sigkill_wait(pid_t pid) {
         assert(pid > 1);
 
-        if (kill(pid, SIGKILL) >= 0)
-                (void) wait_for_terminate(pid, NULL);
+        (void) kill(pid, SIGKILL);
+        (void) wait_for_terminate(pid, NULL);
 }
 
 void sigkill_waitp(pid_t *pid) {
@@ -875,8 +875,8 @@ void sigkill_waitp(pid_t *pid) {
 void sigterm_wait(pid_t pid) {
         assert(pid > 1);
 
-        if (kill_and_sigcont(pid, SIGTERM) >= 0)
-                (void) wait_for_terminate(pid, NULL);
+        (void) kill_and_sigcont(pid, SIGTERM);
+        (void) wait_for_terminate(pid, NULL);
 }
 
 int kill_and_sigcont(pid_t pid, int sig) {