diff --git a/deployment/neutron/kill-script b/deployment/neutron/kill-script
index f57e2d00f1..4f5c6ad573 100644
--- a/deployment/neutron/kill-script
+++ b/deployment/neutron/kill-script
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ signal_container() {
 {% raw -%}
 if [ -f /proc/$PID/cgroup ]; then
   # Get container ID based on process cgroups
-  CT_ID=$(awk 'BEGIN {FS="[-.]"} /:pids:/{print $3}' /proc/$PID/cgroup)
+  CT_ID=$(awk 'BEGIN {FS=".scope|-"} /0::|:pids:/ {if ($(NF-1)) print $(NF-1);exit}' /proc/$PID/cgroup)
   CT_NAME=$($CLI inspect -f '{{.Name}}' $CT_ID)
 
   case $SIG in