diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index 07f799320a..c6e485a01c 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -4377,12 +4377,12 @@ int finishShutdown(void) {
      * send them pending writes. */
     flushReplicasOutputBuffers();
 
-    /* Handle cluster-related matters when shutdown. */
-    if (server.cluster_enabled) clusterHandleServerShutdown();
-
     /* Close the listening sockets. Apparently this allows faster restarts. */
     closeListeningSockets(1);
 
+    /* Handle cluster-related matters when shutdown. */
+    if (server.cluster_enabled) clusterHandleServerShutdown();
+
     serverLog(LL_WARNING, "%s is now ready to exit, bye bye...", server.sentinel_mode ? "Sentinel" : "Valkey");
     return C_OK;