diff --git a/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevice.cpp
index 914626a5df1..9cc4852831f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevice.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ private:
     {
         QTC_ASSERT(controlSignal != ControlSignal::Interrupt, return);
         QTC_ASSERT(controlSignal != ControlSignal::KickOff, return);
-        runInShell({Constants::AppcontrollerFilepath, {"--stop"}});
+        if (m_setup.m_commandLine.executable().path() == Constants::AppcontrollerFilepath) {
+            runInShell({Constants::AppcontrollerFilepath, {"--stop"}});
+            return;
+        }
+        SshProcessInterface::handleSendControlSignal(controlSignal);
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxprocessinterface.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxprocessinterface.h
index 2ef3d5df3aa..d158482f2fd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxprocessinterface.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxprocessinterface.h
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ protected:
     qint64 processId() const;
     bool runInShell(const Utils::CommandLine &command, const QByteArray &data = {});
 
-private:
     virtual void handleSendControlSignal(Utils::ControlSignal controlSignal);
 
+private:
     void start() final;
     qint64 write(const QByteArray &data) final;
     void sendControlSignal(Utils::ControlSignal controlSignal) final;