@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func monitor(d *Daemon, c *container.Container, stop chan struct{}, probe probe)

 			logrus.Debugf("Running health check for container %s ...", c.ID)

 			startTime := time.Now()

 			ctx, cancelProbe := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), probeTimeout)

-			results := make(chan *types.HealthcheckResult)

+			results := make(chan *types.HealthcheckResult, 1)

 			go func() {

 				healthChecksCounter.Inc()

 				result, err := probe.run(ctx, d, c)

@@ -209,8 +209,10 @@ func monitor(d *Daemon, c *container.Container, stop chan struct{}, probe probe)

 			select {

 			case <-stop:

 				logrus.Debugf("Stop healthcheck monitoring for container %s (received while probing)", c.ID)

-				// Stop timeout and kill probe, but don't wait for probe to exit.

 				cancelProbe()

+				// Wait for probe to exit (it might take a while to respond to the TERM

+				// signal and we don't want dying probes to pile up).

+				<-results

 				return

 			case result := <-results:

 				handleProbeResult(d, c, result, stop)