@@ -460,8 +460,7 @@ 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

+        sudo pkill -9 neutron-ns-metadata-proxy || :

     fi

 }