diff --git a/ifupdown2/sbin/start-networking b/ifupdown2/sbin/start-networking
index d628a2c..2deb5e9 100755
--- a/ifupdown2/sbin/start-networking
+++ b/ifupdown2/sbin/start-networking
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ stop)
         systemctl list-jobs | egrep -q '(shutdown|reboot|halt|poweroff)\.target'
         [ $? -eq 0 ] && SYSRESET=1
         if [ $SYSRESET -eq 1 ]; then
-            echo ${NAME}':' "Skipping deconfiguring network interfaces"
+            echo ${NAME}':' "Removing dhclient service files (if any)"
+            find /var/lib/dhcp/ -name "dhclient*leases" -delete
+            echo ${NAME}':' "Skipping deconfiguring the rest of the network interfaces"
             exit 0
         fi
 	fi