diff --git a/src/unix-manager.c b/src/unix-manager.c
index 19922cce7e..c2b87ad3d9 100644
--- a/src/unix-manager.c
+++ b/src/unix-manager.c
@@ -580,6 +580,9 @@ int UnixMain(UnixCommand * this)
     }
 
     if (suricata_ctl_flags & (SURICATA_STOP | SURICATA_KILL)) {
+        TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(uclient, &this->clients, next, tclient) {
+            UnixCommandClose(this, uclient->fd);
+        }
         return 1;
     }