diff --git a/memcached/files/entrypoint.sh b/memcached/files/entrypoint.sh
index 87e5822..3fa7842 100644
--- a/memcached/files/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/memcached/files/entrypoint.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 salt-call --local --retcode-passthrough state.highstate
 service {{ server.service }} stop || true
+pkill -u memcache
 
 /usr/bin/memcached -m {{ server.cache_size }} \
     -l {{ server.bind.address }} -p {{ server.bind.port }} -U {{ server.bind.port }} \