diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime_test.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime_test.go
index 11acd37c1330b2c1a1ace6b5bbaa3ab04980a82b..461809e56894f7c94aa54cbeb94125cfe2180414 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime_test.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime_test.go
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ func TestDisable(t *testing.T) {
 		runtime string
 		want    []string
 	}{
-		{"docker", []string{"sudo", "systemctl", "stop", "-f", "docker"}},
+		{"docker", []string{"sudo", "systemctl", "stop", "-f", "docker.socket", "sudo", "systemctl", "stop", "-f", "docker"}},
 		{"crio", []string{"sudo", "systemctl", "stop", "-f", "crio"}},
 		{"containerd", []string{"sudo", "systemctl", "stop", "-f", "containerd"}},
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
index 9513d1530de2195196a862d475574f4fdb8ae971..dddb1a0e72549f7ea6f0ecdbe2602172af2c4ff1 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 {
+		klog.ErrorS(err, "Failed to stop", "service", "docker.socket")
+	}
 	return r.Init.ForceStop("docker")
 }