diff --git a/deployment/ovn/ovn-metadata-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/ovn/ovn-metadata-container-puppet.yaml
index 8babeff4e6..fe3db5fb28 100644
--- a/deployment/ovn/ovn-metadata-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/ovn/ovn-metadata-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -272,9 +272,9 @@ outputs:
                 - name: ovn_metadata_haproxy
                   cmd: >-
                       $(if [ -f /usr/sbin/haproxy-systemd-wrapper ]; then
-                      echo "/usr/sbin/haproxy -Ds";
+                      echo "exec /usr/sbin/haproxy -Ds";
                       else
-                      echo "/usr/sbin/haproxy -Ws"; fi)
+                      echo "exec /usr/sbin/haproxy -Ws"; fi)
                   kill_script: haproxy-kill
       docker_config:
         step_4: