diff --git a/alpine/packages/proxy/proxy.go b/alpine/packages/proxy/proxy.go
index aea703761..3c38b5ceb 100644
--- a/alpine/packages/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/alpine/packages/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ func handleStopSignals(p libproxy.Proxy) {
 	signal.Notify(s, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGSTOP)
 
 	for range s {
-		p.Close()
+		os.Exit(0)
+		// The vsock proxy cannot be shutdown the same way as the TCP one:
+		//p.Close()
 	}
 }
diff --git a/alpine/packages/proxy/vendor/vsock/vsock.go b/alpine/packages/proxy/vendor/vsock/vsock.go
index b0f734b99..dc7217874 100644
--- a/alpine/packages/proxy/vendor/vsock/vsock.go
+++ b/alpine/packages/proxy/vendor/vsock/vsock.go
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ func (v *vsockListener) Accept() (net.Conn, error) {
 }
 
 func (v *vsockListener) Close() error {
+	// Note this won't cause the Accept to unblock.
 	return syscall.Close(v.accept_fd)
 }