diff --git a/libafl/src/events/llmp.rs b/libafl/src/events/llmp.rs
index 46fe070735..73d976af58 100644
--- a/libafl/src/events/llmp.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/events/llmp.rs
@@ -1465,10 +1465,8 @@ where
                         log::error!("Failed to detach from broker: {err}");
                     }
                     #[cfg(unix)]
-                    if child_status == 137 {
-                        // Out of Memory, see https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/exitcodes.html
-                        // and https://github.com/AFLplusplus/LibAFL/issues/32 for discussion.
-                        panic!("Fuzzer-respawner: The fuzzed target crashed with an out of memory error! Fix your harness, or switch to another executor (for example, a forkserver).");
+                    if child_status == 9 {
+                        panic!("Target received SIGKILL!. This could indicate the target crashed due to OOM, user sent SIGKILL, or the target was in an unrecoverable situation and could not save state to restart");
                     }
                     // Storing state in the last round did not work
                     panic!("Fuzzer-respawner: Storing state in crashed fuzzer instance did not work, no point to spawn the next client! This can happen if the child calls `exit()`, in that case make sure it uses `abort()`, if it got killed unrecoverable (OOM), or if there is a bug in the fuzzer itself. (Child exited with: {child_status})");