diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/040_pg_createsubscriber.pl b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/040_pg_createsubscriber.pl
index e1de946488e..25182471270 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/040_pg_createsubscriber.pl
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/040_pg_createsubscriber.pl
@@ -629,6 +629,6 @@ $node_p->teardown_node;
 $node_s->teardown_node;
 $node_t->teardown_node;
 $node_f->teardown_node;
-$node_k->teardown_node;
+system_log('pg_ctl', 'stop', '--pgdata', $node_k->data_dir);
 
 done_testing();