diff --git a/salt/elasticagent/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-agent-restart b/salt/elasticagent/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-agent-restart
index 00d5421ef..825f3b0fa 100755
--- a/salt/elasticagent/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-agent-restart
+++ b/salt/elasticagent/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-agent-restart
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
 
 {% if grains.role == 'so-heavynode' %}
-/usr/sbin/so-restart elastic-agent $1
+/usr/sbin/so-stop elastic-agent $1
+/usr/sbin/so-start elastic-agent $1
 {% else %}
 service elastic-agent restart
 {% endif %}