diff --git a/debian/ngcp-mediaproxy-ng-kernel-dkms.postinst b/debian/ngcp-mediaproxy-ng-kernel-dkms.postinst
index b44342a6a..8338dd1a9 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-mediaproxy-ng-kernel-dkms.postinst
+++ b/debian/ngcp-mediaproxy-ng-kernel-dkms.postinst
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ if [ "x${isadded}" = "x" ] ; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$1" = 'configure' ] ; then
-        dkms build -m "$name" -v "$version" && dkms install -m "$name" -v "$version" || true
+	# make sure it's not running
+	/etc/init.d/ngcp-mediaproxy-ng-daemon stop || true
+
+	dkms build -m "$name" -v "$version" && dkms install -m "$name" -v "$version" || true
 fi
 
 #DEBHELPER#
diff --git a/debian/ngcp-mediaproxy-ng-kernel-dkms.prerm b/debian/ngcp-mediaproxy-ng-kernel-dkms.prerm
index eb3c347a6..d7240aee1 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-mediaproxy-ng-kernel-dkms.prerm
+++ b/debian/ngcp-mediaproxy-ng-kernel-dkms.prerm
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ name=ngcp-mediaproxy-ng
 version=`dpkg-query -W -f='${Version}' "$package" \
         |rev|cut -d- -f2-|rev|cut -d':' -f2|tr -d "\n"`
 
+# make sure it's not running
+/etc/init.d/ngcp-mediaproxy-ng-daemon stop || true
+
 dkms remove -m "$name" -v "$version" --all || true
 
 #DEBHELPER#