diff --git a/node/lib/openshift-origin-node/model/application_container_ext/snapshots.rb b/node/lib/openshift-origin-node/model/application_container_ext/snapshots.rb
index 8edf852341a..ea9e7c2cc77 100644
--- a/node/lib/openshift-origin-node/model/application_container_ext/snapshots.rb
+++ b/node/lib/openshift-origin-node/model/application_container_ext/snapshots.rb
@@ -206,7 +206,11 @@ def restore(restore_git_repo, report_deployment)
           # Revert to the pre-restore state of the currently restored gear
           #
           if @state.value != pre_restore_state
-            (@state.value != State::STARTED) ? start_gear : stop_gear
+            if (@state.value != State::STARTED)
+              start_gear
+            else
+              scalable_restore ? post_restore_stop_gears(gear_groups, gear_env) : stop_gear
+            end
           end
 
           result[:status] = RESULT_SUCCESS
@@ -311,6 +315,14 @@ def handle_scalable_restore(gear_groups, gear_env)
                                       expected_exitstatus: 0)
           end
         end
+
+        def post_restore_stop_gears(gear_groups, gear_env)
+          $stderr.puts "Stopping gears after restore "
+          gear_groups['data'][0]['gears'].each do |gear|
+              ssh_coords = gear['ssh_url'].sub(/^ssh:\/\//, '')
+            run_in_container_context("#{::OpenShift::Runtime::ApplicationContainer::GEAR_TO_GEAR_SSH} #{ssh_coords} 'gear stop'", env: gear_env )
+          end
+        end
       end
     end
   end