diff --git a/src/import/export-tar.c b/src/import/export-tar.c
index 6dc2e01733..78f0a7ca75 100644
--- a/src/import/export-tar.c
+++ b/src/import/export-tar.c
@@ -56,10 +56,8 @@ TarExport *tar_export_unref(TarExport *e) {
 
         sd_event_source_unref(e->output_event_source);
 
-        if (e->tar_pid > 1) {
-                (void) kill_and_sigcont(e->tar_pid, SIGKILL);
-                (void) wait_for_terminate(e->tar_pid, NULL);
-        }
+        if (e->tar_pid > 1)
+                sigkill_wait(e->tar_pid);
 
         if (e->temp_path) {
                 (void) btrfs_subvol_remove(e->temp_path, BTRFS_REMOVE_QUOTA);
diff --git a/src/import/import-tar.c b/src/import/import-tar.c
index c8916da11a..35db30de78 100644
--- a/src/import/import-tar.c
+++ b/src/import/import-tar.c
@@ -69,10 +69,8 @@ TarImport* tar_import_unref(TarImport *i) {
 
         sd_event_source_unref(i->input_event_source);
 
-        if (i->tar_pid > 1) {
-                (void) kill_and_sigcont(i->tar_pid, SIGKILL);
-                (void) wait_for_terminate(i->tar_pid, NULL);
-        }
+        if (i->tar_pid > 1)
+                sigkill_wait(i->tar_pid);
 
         rm_rf_subvolume_and_free(i->temp_path);
 
diff --git a/src/import/importd.c b/src/import/importd.c
index 86181628d9..3e2d8427cb 100644
--- a/src/import/importd.c
+++ b/src/import/importd.c
@@ -126,10 +126,8 @@ static Transfer *transfer_unref(Transfer *t) {
         free(t->format);
         free(t->object_path);
 
-        if (t->pid > 0) {
-                (void) kill_and_sigcont(t->pid, SIGKILL);
-                (void) wait_for_terminate(t->pid, NULL);
-        }
+        if (t->pid > 1)
+                sigkill_wait(t->pid);
 
         safe_close(t->log_fd);
         safe_close(t->stdin_fd);
diff --git a/src/import/pull-tar.c b/src/import/pull-tar.c
index bce49cf4e5..67e06a1445 100644
--- a/src/import/pull-tar.c
+++ b/src/import/pull-tar.c
@@ -71,10 +71,8 @@ TarPull* tar_pull_unref(TarPull *i) {
         if (!i)
                 return NULL;
 
-        if (i->tar_pid > 1) {
-                (void) kill_and_sigcont(i->tar_pid, SIGKILL);
-                (void) wait_for_terminate(i->tar_pid, NULL);
-        }
+        if (i->tar_pid > 1)
+                sigkill_wait(i->tar_pid);
 
         pull_job_unref(i->tar_job);
         pull_job_unref(i->checksum_job);