diff --git a/lib/daemon_controller.rb b/lib/daemon_controller.rb
index 5781094..0753bf2 100644
--- a/lib/daemon_controller.rb
+++ b/lib/daemon_controller.rb
@@ -464,27 +464,7 @@ def abort_start(pid:, is_direct_child:)
     begin
       timeoutable(@start_abort_timeout) do
         allow_timeout do
-          if is_direct_child
-            begin
-              debug "Waiting directly for process #{pid}"
-              Process.waitpid(pid)
-            rescue SystemCallError
-            end
-
-            # The daemon may have:
-            # 1. Written a PID file before forking. We delete this PID file.
-            #    -OR-
-            # 2. It might have forked (and written a PID file) right before
-            #    we terminated it. We'll want the fork to stay alive rather
-            #    than going through the (complicated) trouble of killing it.
-            #    Don't touch the PID file.
-            pid2 = read_pid_file
-            debug "PID file contains #{pid2.inspect}"
-            delete_pid_file if pid == pid2
-          else
-            debug "Waiting until daemon is no longer running"
-            wait_until { !daemon_is_running? }
-          end
+          wait_for_aborted_process(pid:, is_direct_child:)
         end
       end
     rescue Timeout::Error
@@ -494,28 +474,32 @@ def abort_start(pid:, is_direct_child:)
       end
 
       allow_timeout do
-        if is_direct_child
-          begin
-            debug "Waiting directly for process #{pid}"
-            Process.waitpid(pid)
-          rescue SystemCallError
-          end
+        wait_for_aborted_process(pid:, is_direct_child:)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 
-          # The daemon may have:
-          # 1. Written a PID file before forking. We delete this PID file.
-          #    -OR-
-          # 2. It might have forked (and written a PID file) right before
-          #    we terminated it. We'll want the fork to stay alive rather
-          #    than going through the (complicated) trouble of killing it.
-          #    Don't touch the PID file.
-          pid2 = read_pid_file
-          debug "PID file contains #{pid2.inspect}"
-          delete_pid_file if pid == pid2
-        else
-          debug "Waiting until daemon is no longer running"
-          wait_until { !daemon_is_running? }
-        end
+  def wait_for_aborted_process(pid:, is_direct_child:)
+    if is_direct_child
+      begin
+        debug "Waiting directly for process #{pid}"
+        Process.waitpid(pid)
+      rescue SystemCallError
       end
+
+      # The daemon may have:
+      # 1. Written a PID file before forking. We delete this PID file.
+      #    -OR-
+      # 2. It might have forked (and written a PID file) right before
+      #    we terminated it. We'll want the fork to stay alive rather
+      #    than going through the (complicated) trouble of killing it.
+      #    Don't touch the PID file.
+      pid2 = read_pid_file
+      debug "PID file contains #{pid2.inspect}"
+      delete_pid_file if pid == pid2
+    else
+      debug "Waiting until daemon is no longer running"
+      wait_until { !daemon_is_running? }
     end
   end