diff --git a/.ci/matrix_job.yaml b/.ci/matrix_job.yaml
index 7f494382a..f73791754 100644
--- a/.ci/matrix_job.yaml
+++ b/.ci/matrix_job.yaml
@@ -198,6 +198,22 @@ steps:
       jenkins/**/arch-*.tar.gz,
       jenkins/**/output/errors/**/*.html
 
+  - name: Valgrind
+    enable: ${do_valgrind}
+    containerSelector:
+      - "{name: 'skip-container'}"
+    agentSelector:
+      - "{nodeLabel: 'beni09', variant:1}"
+    run: |
+      [ "x${do_valgrind}" == "xtrue" ] && action=yes || action=no
+      env WORKSPACE=$PWD TARGET=${flags} jenkins_test_vg=${action} ./contrib/test_jenkins.sh
+    parallel: false
+    onfail: |
+      ./.ci/artifacts.sh
+    archiveArtifacts-onfail: |
+      jenkins/**/arch-*.tar.gz,
+      jenkins/**/vg/*valgrind*.log
+
   - name: Cppcheck
     enable: ${do_cppcheck}
     containerSelector:
@@ -260,22 +276,6 @@ steps:
     archiveJunit-onfail: |
       jenkins/**/*.xml
 
-  - name: Valgrind
-    enable: ${do_valgrind}
-    containerSelector:
-      - "{name: 'skip-container'}"
-    agentSelector:
-      - "{nodeLabel: 'beni09', variant:1}"
-    run: |
-      [ "x${do_valgrind}" == "xtrue" ] && action=yes || action=no
-      env WORKSPACE=$PWD TARGET=${flags} jenkins_test_vg=${action} ./contrib/test_jenkins.sh
-    parallel: false
-    onfail: |
-      ./.ci/artifacts.sh
-    archiveArtifacts-onfail: |
-      jenkins/**/arch-*.tar.gz,
-      jenkins/**/vg/*valgrind*.log
-
   - name: Commit
     enable: ${do_commit}
     containerSelector:
diff --git a/contrib/jenkins_tests/vg.sh b/contrib/jenkins_tests/vg.sh
index af4c4c9b8..1023abae5 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins_tests/vg.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins_tests/vg.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ for test_link in $test_ip_list; do
 
 		if [ `ps -ef | grep $test_app | wc -l` -gt 1 ];
 		then
-			${sudo_cmd} pkill -9 -f $test_app 2>/dev/null || true
+			${sudo_cmd} pkill -SIGINT -f $test_app 2>/dev/null || true
 			sleep 10
 			# in case SIGINT didn't work
 			if [ `ps -ef | grep $test_app | wc -l` -gt 1 ];