diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/ChangeLog
index 2d173f80509..5ea9583fd20 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-11-17 Alain Magloire
+	Fix for 78816
+	* mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/MIInferior.java
+
 2004-11-16 Alain Magloire
 	Optimize things by providing a new method
 	ICDIRegisterGroup.hasRegisters();
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/MIInferior.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/MIInferior.java
index 4b8825c5f48..273e9cbd648 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/MIInferior.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/MIInferior.java
@@ -172,11 +172,15 @@ public class MIInferior extends Process {
 			if (isRunning()) {
 				interrupt();
 			}
-			CommandFactory factory = session.getCommandFactory();
-			MIExecAbort abort = factory.createMIExecAbort();
-			session.postCommand0(abort, session.getCommandTimeout());
-			abort.getMIInfo();
-			setTerminated(abort.getToken(), true);
+			int token = 0;
+			if (isSuspended()) {
+				CommandFactory factory = session.getCommandFactory();
+				MIExecAbort abort = factory.createMIExecAbort();
+				session.postCommand0(abort, session.getCommandTimeout());
+				abort.getMIInfo();
+				token = abort.getToken();
+			}
+			setTerminated(token, true);
 		} else if (session.isCoreSession() && !isTerminated()){
 			setTerminated();
 		}