diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-systemd-wrapper/templates/service_kill.j2 b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-systemd-wrapper/templates/service_kill.j2
index 311fe3d00..b06ff4828 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-systemd-wrapper/templates/service_kill.j2
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-systemd-wrapper/templates/service_kill.j2
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ SIG=$1
 PID=$2
 NETNS=$(ip netns identify ${PID})
 
-if [ "x${NETNS}" == "x" ]; then
-  add_date "No network namespace detected, exiting"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 {% if tripleo_systemd_wrapper_container_cli == 'podman' %}
-CLI="nsenter --net=/run/netns/${NETNS} --preserve-credentials -m -t 1 podman"
+if [ "x${NETNS}" == "x" ]; then
+  CLI="podman"
+  SIG=9
+else
+  CLI="nsenter --net=/run/netns/${NETNS} --preserve-credentials -m -t 1 podman"
+fi
 {% elif tripleo_systemd_wrapper_container_cli == 'docker' %}
 {% if tripleo_systemd_wrapper_docker_additional_sockets and tripleo_systemd_wrapper_docker_additional_sockets|length > 0-%}
 export DOCKER_HOST=unix://{{ tripleo_systemd_wrapper_docker_additional_sockets[0] }}