diff -u -U 5 ppp-2.4.2.orig/pppd/main.c ppp-2.4.2/pppd/main.c
--- ppp-2.4.2.orig/pppd/main.c	2004-07-23 14:47:38.000000000 +0200
+++ ppp-2.4.2/pppd/main.c	2004-07-23 14:43:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -1340,12 +1340,12 @@
 {
     struct sigaction act, oldact;
 
     act.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
     act.sa_flags = 0;
-    sigaction(sig, &act, &oldact);
     kill(0, sig);
+    sigaction(sig, &act, &oldact);
     sigaction(sig, &oldact, NULL);
 }
 
 
 /*