diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
index 9513d1530d..cc295f7e29 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ func (r *Docker) Restart() error {
 
 // Disable idempotently disables Docker on a host
 func (r *Docker) Disable() error {
+	// because #10373
+	if err := r.Init.ForceStop("docker.socket"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	return r.Init.ForceStop("docker")
 }