diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/stop.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/stop.go
index fef1b5674cea..6990fdc23daf 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/stop.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/stop.go
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ func stopProfile(profile string) int {
 	api, cc := mustload.Partial(profile)
 	defer api.Close()
 
+	if err := killMountProcess(); err != nil {
+		out.WarningT("Unable to kill mount process: {{.error}}", out.V{"error": err})
+	}
+
 	for _, n := range cc.Nodes {
 		machineName := config.MachineName(*cc, n)
 
@@ -139,10 +143,6 @@ func stopProfile(profile string) int {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err := killMountProcess(); err != nil {
-		out.WarningT("Unable to kill mount process: {{.error}}", out.V{"error": err})
-	}
-
 	if !keepActive {
 		if err := kubeconfig.DeleteContext(profile, kubeconfig.PathFromEnv()); err != nil {
 			exit.Error(reason.HostKubeconfigDeleteCtx, "delete ctx", err)