diff --git a/include/haproxy/protocol.h b/include/haproxy/protocol.h
index a752f98d9..81f4d5bdb 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/protocol.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/protocol.h
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ int protocol_bind_all(int verbose);
  */
 int protocol_unbind_all(void);
 
+/* stops all listeners of all registered protocols, except when the belong to a
+ * proxy configured with a grace time. This will normally catch every single
+ * listener, all protocols included, and the grace ones will have to be handled
+ * by the proxy stopping loop. This is to be used during soft_stop() only. It
+ * does not return any error.
+ */
+void protocol_stop_now(void);
+
 /* pauses all listeners of all registered protocols. This is typically
  * used on SIG_TTOU to release all listening sockets for the time needed to
  * try to bind a new process. The listeners enter LI_PAUSED. It returns
diff --git a/src/protocol.c b/src/protocol.c
index c0a00904c..82deaad4f 100644
--- a/src/protocol.c
+++ b/src/protocol.c
@@ -151,6 +151,26 @@ int protocol_unbind_all(void)
 	return err;
 }
 
+/* stops all listeners of all registered protocols, except when the belong to a
+ * proxy configured with a grace time. This will normally catch every single
+ * listener, all protocols included, and the grace ones will have to be handled
+ * by the proxy stopping loop. This is to be used during soft_stop() only. It
+ * does not return any error.
+ */
+void protocol_stop_now(void)
+{
+	struct protocol *proto;
+	struct listener *listener, *lback;
+
+	HA_SPIN_LOCK(PROTO_LOCK, &proto_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(proto, &protocols, list) {
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(listener, lback, &proto->receivers, rx.proto_list)
+			if (!listener->bind_conf->frontend->grace)
+				stop_listener(listener, 0, 1, 0);
+	}
+	HA_SPIN_UNLOCK(PROTO_LOCK, &proto_lock);
+}
+
 /* pauses all listeners of all registered protocols. This is typically
  * used on SIG_TTOU to release all listening sockets for the time needed to
  * try to bind a new process. The listeners enter LI_PAUSED. It returns