@@ -505,8 +505,7 @@ function stop_neutron() {

         [ ! -z "$pid" ] && sudo kill -9 $pid

     fi

     if is_service_enabled q-meta; then

-        pid=$(ps aux | awk '/neutron-ns-metadata-proxy/ { print $2 }')

-        [ ! -z "$pid" ] && sudo kill -9 $pid

+        pkill -9 -f neutron-ns-metadata-proxy

     fi

     if is_service_enabled q-lbaas; then