diff --git a/go/galeraautofix/mariadb/mariadb.go b/go/galeraautofix/mariadb/mariadb.go
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/go/galeraautofix/mariadb/mariadb.go
+++ b/go/galeraautofix/mariadb/mariadb.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ func ForceStop(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	exec.Command(`pkill`, `-9`, `-f`, `mysqld`).Run()
+	exec.Command(`pkill`, `-9`, `-f`, `socat`).Run()
 
 	return nil
 }
kill any socat that is still running when force stopping MariaDB in galera-autofix