diff --git a/hiomap.cpp b/hiomap.cpp
index 0c90a04..d29a0cb 100644
--- a/hiomap.cpp
+++ b/hiomap.cpp
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@
 {
     // If this is running in signal context, ipmid will shutdown
     // the event queue as the last signal handler
+    sigtermResponse = SignalResponse::continueExecution;
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -396,6 +397,7 @@
     {
         // If this is running in signal context, ipmid will shutdown
         // the event queue as the last signal handler
+        sigtermResponse = SignalResponse::continueExecution;
         return 0;
     }