diff --git a/gdb/defs.h b/gdb/defs.h
--- a/gdb/defs.h
+++ b/gdb/defs.h
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ extern void default_quit_handler (void);
 /* Flag that function quit should call quit_force.  */
 extern volatile int sync_quit_force_run;
 
+#ifdef NEED_DETACH_SIGSTOP
+extern int quit_flag_cleanup;
+#endif
+
 extern void quit (void);
 
 /* Helper for the QUIT macro.  */
diff --git a/gdb/extension.c b/gdb/extension.c
--- a/gdb/extension.c
+++ b/gdb/extension.c
@@ -823,6 +823,11 @@ check_quit_flag (void)
   int i, result = 0;
   const struct extension_language_defn *extlang;
 
+#ifdef NEED_DETACH_SIGSTOP
+  if (quit_flag_cleanup)
+    return 0;
+#endif
+
   ALL_ENABLED_EXTENSION_LANGUAGES (i, extlang)
     {
       if (extlang->ops->check_quit_flag != NULL)
diff --git a/gdb/top.c b/gdb/top.c
--- a/gdb/top.c
+++ b/gdb/top.c
@@ -1703,7 +1703,13 @@ quit_force (int *exit_arg, int from_tty)
 
   qt.from_tty = from_tty;
 
+#ifndef NEED_DETACH_SIGSTOP
   /* We want to handle any quit errors and exit regardless.  */
+#else
+  /* We want to handle any quit errors and exit regardless but we should never
+     get user-interrupted to properly detach the inferior.  */
+  quit_flag_cleanup = 1;
+#endif
 
   /* Get out of tfind mode, and kill or detach all inferiors.  */
   try
diff --git a/gdb/utils.c b/gdb/utils.c
--- a/gdb/utils.c
+++ b/gdb/utils.c
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ static std::chrono::steady_clock::duration prompt_for_continue_wait_time;
 
 static bool debug_timestamp = false;
 
+#ifdef NEED_DETACH_SIGSTOP
+/* Nonzero means we are already processing the quitting cleanups and we should
+   no longer get aborted.  */
+
+int quit_flag_cleanup;
+#endif
+
 /* True means that strings with character values >0x7F should be printed
    as octal escapes.  False means just print the value (e.g. it's an
    international character, and the terminal or window can cope.)  */
