diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 35a2bd6..381763b 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Version 1.24  2016-01-28
+Version 1.24  2016-02-11
   * php extension compiled on PHP 7
   * add skiplist which support stable sort
   * make.sh: use sed to replace perl
diff --git a/src/process_ctrl.c b/src/process_ctrl.c
index a62ca77..3b6f917 100644
--- a/src/process_ctrl.c
+++ b/src/process_ctrl.c
@@ -42,6 +42,17 @@ int write_to_pid_file(const char *pidFilename)
 
 int delete_pid_file(const char *pidFilename)
 {
+  int result;
+  pid_t pid;
+
+  if ((result=get_pid_from_file(pidFilename, &pid)) != 0) {
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  if (pid != getpid()) {
+    return ESRCH;
+  }
+
   if (unlink(pidFilename) == 0) {
     return 0;
   }