diff --git a/src/listener.c b/src/listener.c
index e9a4bee1a..ceb52af0d 100644
--- a/src/listener.c
+++ b/src/listener.c
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ void listener_accept(int fd)
 
 #if defined(USE_THREAD)
 		mask = thread_mask(l->bind_conf->bind_thread) & all_threads_mask;
-		if (atleast2(mask) && (global.tune.options & GTUNE_LISTENER_MQ)) {
+		if (atleast2(mask) && (global.tune.options & GTUNE_LISTENER_MQ) && !stopping) {
 			struct accept_queue_ring *ring;
 			unsigned int t, t0, t1, t2;