diff --git a/gunicorn/arbiter.py b/gunicorn/arbiter.py
index 694e60b5f..0e83a21bc 100644
--- a/gunicorn/arbiter.py
+++ b/gunicorn/arbiter.py
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ def reload(self):
 
     def murder_workers(self):
         """\
-        Kill unused/idle workers
+        Kill non-responsive workers
         """
         if not self.timeout:
             return
@@ -467,11 +467,11 @@ def murder_workers(self):
             except (OSError, ValueError):
                 continue
 
-            if not worker.aborted:
+            if worker.killed['by'] is None:
                 self.log.critical("WORKER TIMEOUT (pid:%s)", pid)
-                worker.aborted = True
                 self.kill_worker(pid, signal.SIGABRT)
-            else:
+            elif (worker.killed['by'] == signal.SIGABRT
+                  and time.monotonic() > worker.killed['when'] + worker.timeout):
                 self.kill_worker(pid, signal.SIGKILL)
 
     def reap_workers(self):
@@ -535,7 +535,12 @@ def manage_workers(self):
         workers = sorted(workers, key=lambda w: w[1].age)
         while len(workers) > self.num_workers:
             (pid, _) = workers.pop(0)
-            self.kill_worker(pid, signal.SIGTERM)
+            worker = self.WORKERS[pid]
+            if worker.killed['by'] is None:
+                self.kill_worker(pid, signal.SIGTERM)
+            elif (worker.killed['by'] == signal.SIGTERM
+                  and time.monotonic() > worker.killed['when'] + worker.timeout):
+                self.kill_worker(pid, signal.SIGKILL)
 
         active_worker_count = len(workers)
         if self._last_logged_active_worker_count != active_worker_count:
@@ -621,6 +626,7 @@ def kill_worker(self, pid, sig):
          """
         try:
             os.kill(pid, sig)
+            self.WORKERS[pid].killed.update({'by': sig, 'when': time.monotonic()})
         except OSError as e:
             if e.errno == errno.ESRCH:
                 try:
diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/base.py b/gunicorn/workers/base.py
index 93c465c98..82036bd97 100644
--- a/gunicorn/workers/base.py
+++ b/gunicorn/workers/base.py
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ def __init__(self, age, ppid, sockets, app, timeout, cfg, log):
         self.timeout = timeout
         self.cfg = cfg
         self.booted = False
-        self.aborted = False
         self.reloader = None
+        self.killed = {'when': None, 'by': None}
 
         self.nr = 0