diff --git a/src/rpc/virnetserver.c b/src/rpc/virnetserver.c
index 66edd11d54..35f18b9d51 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnetserver.c
+++ b/src/rpc/virnetserver.c
@@ -264,8 +264,9 @@ static void virNetServerFatalSignal(int sig, siginfo_t *siginfo ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED
 #ifdef SIGUSR2
     if (sig != SIGUSR2) {
 #endif
-        sig_action.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
+        sig_action.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
         sigaction(sig, &sig_action, NULL);
+        raise(sig);
 #ifdef SIGUSR2
     }
 #endif