diff --git a/deployment/haproxy/haproxy-public-tls-inject.yaml b/deployment/haproxy/haproxy-public-tls-inject.yaml
index 592c3ede6b..ed0d63e594 100644
--- a/deployment/haproxy/haproxy-public-tls-inject.yaml
+++ b/deployment/haproxy/haproxy-public-tls-inject.yaml
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ outputs:
                     {{ container_cli }} kill --signal=HUP {{ item }}
                   register: container_kill_result
                   failed_when:
+                    - container_kill_result.rc != 0
                     - ("no such container" not in container_kill_result.stderr)
                     - ("container state improper" not in container_kill_result.stderr)
                   with_items: "{{ container_id.stdout.split('\n') }}"