diff --git a/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs b/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs
index 958bc647e..0de1e3706 100644
--- a/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs
+++ b/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs
@@ -202,14 +202,15 @@ fn send_signal(process: &mut Child, signal: usize, foreground: bool) {
     // NOTE: GNU timeout doesn't check for errors of signal.
     // The subprocess might have exited just after the timeout.
     // Sending a signal now would return "No such process", but we should still try to kill the children.
-    _ = process.send_signal(signal);
-    if !foreground {
-        _ = process.send_signal_group(signal);
-        let kill_signal = signal_by_name_or_value("KILL").unwrap();
-        let continued_signal = signal_by_name_or_value("CONT").unwrap();
-        if signal != kill_signal && signal != continued_signal {
-            _ = process.send_signal(continued_signal);
-            _ = process.send_signal_group(continued_signal);
+    match foreground {
+        true => _ = process.send_signal(signal),
+        false => {
+            _ = process.send_signal_group(signal);
+            let kill_signal = signal_by_name_or_value("KILL").unwrap();
+            let continued_signal = signal_by_name_or_value("CONT").unwrap();
+            if signal != kill_signal && signal != continued_signal {
+                _ = process.send_signal_group(continued_signal);
+            }
         }
     }
 }