diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/oci-containers.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/oci-containers.nix
index 07ed08ab2f84..b6a7b1154c4a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/oci-containers.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/oci-containers.nix
@@ -308,9 +308,10 @@ let
     );
 
     preStop = if cfg.backend == "podman"
-      then "[ $SERVICE_RESULT = success ] || podman stop --ignore --cidfile=/run/podman-${escapedName}.ctr-id"
-      else "[ $SERVICE_RESULT = success ] || ${cfg.backend} stop ${name}";
-    postStop =  if cfg.backend == "podman"
+      then "podman stop --ignore --cidfile=/run/podman-${escapedName}.ctr-id"
+      else "${cfg.backend} stop ${name}";
+
+    postStop = if cfg.backend == "podman"
       then "podman rm -f --ignore --cidfile=/run/podman-${escapedName}.ctr-id"
       else "${cfg.backend} rm -f ${name} || true";
 
diff --git a/nixos/tests/oci-containers.nix b/nixos/tests/oci-containers.nix
index 205ce623d089..1f8e276204a8 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/oci-containers.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/oci-containers.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ let
             ports = ["8181:80"];
           };
         };
+
+        # Stop systemd from killing remaining processes if ExecStop script
+        # doesn't work, so that proper stopping can be tested.
+        systemd.services."${backend}-nginx".serviceConfig.KillSignal = "SIGCONT";
       };
     };
 
@@ -32,6 +36,7 @@ let
       ${backend}.wait_for_unit("${backend}-nginx.service")
       ${backend}.wait_for_open_port(8181)
       ${backend}.wait_until_succeeds("curl -f http://localhost:8181 | grep Hello")
+      ${backend}.succeed("systemctl stop ${backend}-nginx.service", timeout=10)
     '';
   };