diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-soc-restart b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-soc-restart
index 0a678de96..4d2578c03 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-soc-restart
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-soc-restart
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
 
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
 
+rm -f /opt/so/conf/soc/salt/pipe
 pkill salt-relay.sh
 /usr/sbin/so-restart soc $1