diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index f840faa4..76700d6f 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 - name: Run neutron-l3-agent process cleanup
   shell: |
     for ns_pid in $(cat /sys/fs/cgroup/pids/neutron.slice/neutron-l3-agent.service/cgroup.procs); do
-      echo $(readlink -f "/proc/$ns_pid/exe") | grep -qv "keepalived"
+      echo $(readlink -f "/proc/$ns_pid/exe") | egrep -qv "keepalived|haproxy"
       if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
         if kill -9 "$ns_pid"; then
           logger -s "old neutron-l3-agent pid found and has been cleaned up on: \"$ns_pid\""