diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 74745f80d8..ea1108560f 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -4399,7 +4399,10 @@ Rytis  7 May 2009
 Charlie 7 May 2009
     - Mac: Remove -lresolv from XCode linker flags for client, manager, boinccmd 
         and screensaver which linked with libresolv.dylib for res_init() call.
+    - Mac client: fix parent died test in benchmark_time_to_stop().
 
+    client/
+        cs_benchmark.cpp
     mac_build/
         boinc.xcodeproj/
             project.pbxproj
diff --git a/client/cs_benchmark.cpp b/client/cs_benchmark.cpp
index dc0390608e..327d83c8de 100644
--- a/client/cs_benchmark.cpp
+++ b/client/cs_benchmark.cpp
@@ -148,14 +148,14 @@ void benchmark_wait_to_start(int which) {
 }
 
 bool benchmark_time_to_stop(int which) {
-    if (boinc_file_exists(file_names[which])) {
-        return false;
-    }
 #ifndef _WIN32
     if (getppid() == 1) {
         exit(0);
     }
 #endif
+    if (boinc_file_exists(file_names[which])) {
+        return false;
+    }
     return true;
 }