diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 18a238d5edacdb050a3998801c7c3f763f83c50e..50d064407b2980fac3dba7eaad158b0762b8b257 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -2974,7 +2974,7 @@ PostmasterStateMachine(void)
 					pmState = PM_WAIT_DEAD_END;
 
 					/* Kill the walsenders, archiver and stats collector too */
-					SignalSomeChildren(SIGQUIT, BACKEND_TYPE_ALL);
+					SignalChildren(SIGQUIT);
 					if (PgArchPID != 0)
 						signal_child(PgArchPID, SIGQUIT);
 					if (PgStatPID != 0)