@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerRm(name string, config *ContainerRmConfig) error

 // Destroy unregisters a container from the daemon and cleanly removes its contents from the filesystem.

 func (daemon *Daemon) rm(container *Container, forceRemove bool) (err error) {

-	// stop collection of stats for the container regardless

-	// if stats are currently getting collected.

-	daemon.statsCollector.stopCollection(container)

-

 	if container.IsRunning() {

 		if !forceRemove {

 			return fmt.Errorf("Conflict, You cannot remove a running container. Stop the container before attempting removal or use -f")

@@ -71,6 +67,10 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) rm(container *Container, forceRemove bool) (err error) {

 		}

 	}

+	// stop collection of stats for the container regardless

+	// if stats are currently getting collected.

+	daemon.statsCollector.stopCollection(container)

+

 	element := daemon.containers.Get(container.ID)

 	if element == nil {

 		return fmt.Errorf("Container %v not found - maybe it was already destroyed?", container.ID)

@@ -254,6 +254,42 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestGetContainerStats(c *check.C) {

 	}

 }

+func (s *DockerSuite) TestContainerStatsRmRunning(c *check.C) {

+	out, _ := dockerCmd(c, "run", "-d", "busybox", "top")

+	id := strings.TrimSpace(out)

+

+	buf := &channelBuffer{make(chan []byte, 1)}

+	defer buf.Close()

+	chErr := make(chan error)

+	go func() {

+		_, body, err := sockRequestRaw("GET", "/containers/"+id+"/stats?stream=1", nil, "application/json")

+		if err != nil {

+			chErr <- err

+		}

+		defer body.Close()

+		_, err = io.Copy(buf, body)

+		chErr <- err

+	}()

+	defer func() {

+		c.Assert(<-chErr, check.IsNil)

+	}()

+

+	b := make([]byte, 32)

+	// make sure we've got some stats

+	_, err := buf.ReadTimeout(b, 2*time.Second)

+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)

+

+	// Now remove without `-f` and make sure we are still pulling stats

+	_, err = runCommand(exec.Command(dockerBinary, "rm", id))

+	c.Assert(err, check.Not(check.IsNil), check.Commentf("rm should have failed but didn't"))

+	_, err = buf.ReadTimeout(b, 2*time.Second)

+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)

+	dockerCmd(c, "rm", "-f", id)

+

+	_, err = buf.ReadTimeout(b, 2*time.Second)

+	c.Assert(err, check.Not(check.IsNil))

+}

+

 func (s *DockerSuite) TestGetStoppedContainerStats(c *check.C) {

 	// TODO: this test does nothing because we are c.Assert'ing in goroutine

 	var (

@@ -337,3 +337,26 @@ func parseCgroupPaths(procCgroupData string) map[string]string {

 	}

 	return cgroupPaths

 }

+

+type channelBuffer struct {

+	c chan []byte

+}

+

+func (c *channelBuffer) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {

+	c.c <- b

+	return len(b), nil

+}

+

+func (c *channelBuffer) Close() error {

+	close(c.c)

+	return nil

+}

+

+func (c *channelBuffer) ReadTimeout(p []byte, n time.Duration) (int, error) {

+	select {

+	case b := <-c.c:

+		return copy(p[0:], b), nil

+	case <-time.After(n):

+		return -1, fmt.Errorf("timeout reading from channel")

+	}

+}