1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 6656cb4ef0..4e800e7430 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1631,6 +1631,11 @@ finish:
 
                 assert(i <= ELEMENTSOF(args));
 
+                /* Close and disarm the watchdog, so that the new
+                 * instance can reinitialize it, but doesn't get
+                 * rebooted while we do that */
+                watchdog_close(true);
+
                 execv(args[0], (char* const*) args);
 
                 log_error("Failed to reexecute: %m");