diff --git a/src/libs/ssh/sshremoteprocessrunner.cpp b/src/libs/ssh/sshremoteprocessrunner.cpp
index 617ffc000c4..0bf337917be 100644
--- a/src/libs/ssh/sshremoteprocessrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/ssh/sshremoteprocessrunner.cpp
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void SshRemoteProcessRunner::setState(int newState)
     d->m_state = static_cast<State>(newState);
     if (d->m_state == Inactive) {
         if (d->m_process)
-            d->m_process.reset();
+            d->m_process.release()->deleteLater();
         if (d->m_connection) {
             disconnect(d->m_connection, nullptr, this, nullptr);
             SshConnectionManager::releaseConnection(d->m_connection);
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abstractprocessstep.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abstractprocessstep.cpp
index 0088fcd9fbe..a08fbe22d61 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abstractprocessstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abstractprocessstep.cpp
@@ -286,7 +286,8 @@ void AbstractProcessStep::Private::cleanUp(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus st
     const bool returnValue = q->processSucceeded(exitCode, status)
                                 || m_ignoreReturnValue;
 
-    m_process.reset();
+    if (m_process)
+        m_process.release()->deleteLater();
 
     // Report result
     q->finish(returnValue);