diff --git a/mininet/mininet.py b/mininet/mininet.py
index a8755838fab0d255b8af9b8d3057c6e9a8d06fc2..7d4ac4be6d2df712e97a195482d0f911c088ce3e 100755
--- a/mininet/mininet.py
+++ b/mininet/mininet.py
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ def stop( self ):
       print
       print "*** Stopping controller"
       for controller in self.controllers:
-         controller.stop(); controller.terminate()
+         controller.stop();
       print
       print "*** Test complete"
    def runTest( self, test ):