diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
index d83222043b..4346cbff2b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
@@ -626,9 +626,13 @@ class Process
                     $this->signal($signal ?: SIGKILL);
                 }
             }
-
-            $this->updateStatus(false);
         }
+
+        $this->updateStatus(false);
+        if ($this->processInformation['running']) {
+            $this->close();
+        }
+
         $this->status = self::STATUS_TERMINATED;
 
         return $this->exitcode;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php
index fbb891200e..15c309aef1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php
@@ -477,6 +477,21 @@ abstract class AbstractProcessTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertFalse($process->isSuccessful());
     }
 
+    public function testStartAfterATimeout()
+    {
+        $process = $this->getProcess('php -r "while(true) {echo \'\'; usleep(1000); }"');
+        $process->setTimeout(0.1);
+        try {
+            $process->run();
+            $this->fail('An exception should have been raised.');
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+
+        }
+        $process->start();
+        usleep(10000);
+        $process->stop();
+    }
+
     public function testGetPid()
     {
         $process = $this->getProcess('php -r "sleep(1);"');