diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 3abe002d26..aca2e2262e 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-01-09  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	* event-top.c (async_disconnect, async_stop_sig): use "raise"
+	instead of "kill" to raise a signal.
+
 2009-01-09  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
 	* win32-nat.c (get_module_name): Change the type of parameter
diff --git a/gdb/event-top.c b/gdb/event-top.c
index 5483608bb8..fd7c521a5e 100644
--- a/gdb/event-top.c
+++ b/gdb/event-top.c
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ async_disconnect (gdb_client_data arg)
 		"Could not kill the program being debugged",
 		RETURN_MASK_ALL);
   signal (SIGHUP, SIG_DFL);	/*FIXME: ??????????? */
-  kill (getpid (), SIGHUP);
+  raise (SIGHUP);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ async_stop_sig (gdb_client_data arg)
 #elif HAVE_SIGSETMASK
   sigsetmask (0);
 #endif
-  kill (getpid (), SIGTSTP);
+  raise (SIGTSTP);
   signal (SIGTSTP, handle_stop_sig);
 #else
   signal (STOP_SIGNAL, handle_stop_sig);