save memory before cleaning up the childs to prevent crashing before saving the database

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 6ac3009fb8..38d84db0f0 100755
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ int netdata_exit = 0;
 
 void netdata_cleanup_and_exit(int ret)
 {
-	kill_childs();
+	netdata_exit = 1;
 	rrdset_free_all();
+	kill_childs();
 	unlink("/var/run/netdata.pid");
 	info("NetData exiting. Bye bye...");
 	exit(ret);