2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py
index 2aa548e1ad..7bbba6016b 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py
@@ -182,7 +182,10 @@ class QemuTarget(BaseTarget):
         return self.runner.is_alive()
 
     def stop(self):
-        self.runner.stop()
+        try:
+            self.runner.stop()
+        except:
+            pass
         self.logger.removeHandler(self.loggerhandler)
         self.connection = None
         self.ip = None
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
index f1679875dc..df373c4169 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
@@ -351,10 +351,7 @@ def runqemu(pn, ssh=True, runqemuparams='', image_fstype=None, launch_cmd=None,
 
     finally:
         targetlogger.removeHandler(handler)
-        try:
-            qemu.stop()
-        except:
-            pass
+        qemu.stop()
 
 def updateEnv(env_file):
     """