diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index fd616ef4a..ee3bfb42f 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -11914,6 +11914,7 @@ exitshell(void)
 		evalstring(p);
 	}
 	flushall();
+	setjobctl(0);
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_SAVEHISTORY
 	if (iflag && rootshell) {
 		const char *hp = lookupvar("HISTFILE");