diff --git a/daemon/kill.go b/daemon/kill.go
index a230eaa76e..1292f86b0c 100644
--- a/daemon/kill.go
+++ b/daemon/kill.go
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) killWithSignal(container *containerpkg.Container, sig int)
 	container.Lock()
 	defer container.Unlock()
 
+	daemon.stopHealthchecks(container)
+
 	if !container.Running {
 		return errNotRunning(container.ID)
 	}
diff --git a/daemon/monitor.go b/daemon/monitor.go
index c0a265dac5..c635edc12a 100644
--- a/daemon/monitor.go
+++ b/daemon/monitor.go
@@ -39,10 +39,14 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) ProcessEvent(id string, e libcontainerd.EventType, ei libc
 		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 			return errors.New("received StateOOM from libcontainerd on Windows. This should never happen")
 		}
+
+		c.Lock()
+		defer c.Unlock()
 		daemon.updateHealthMonitor(c)
 		if err := c.CheckpointTo(daemon.containersReplica); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
 		daemon.LogContainerEvent(c, "oom")
 	case libcontainerd.EventExit:
 		if int(ei.Pid) == c.Pid {
diff --git a/daemon/stop.go b/daemon/stop.go
index 7eadba7e26..71d0b2ab9c 100644
--- a/daemon/stop.go
+++ b/daemon/stop.go
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) containerStop(container *containerpkg.Container, seconds i
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	daemon.stopHealthchecks(container)
-
 	stopSignal := container.StopSignal()
 	// 1. Send a stop signal
 	if err := daemon.killPossiblyDeadProcess(container, stopSignal); err != nil {