diff --git a/data/hooks/conf_regen/34-mysql b/data/hooks/conf_regen/34-mysql
index 74bafbf71..ac2395f34 100755
--- a/data/hooks/conf_regen/34-mysql
+++ b/data/hooks/conf_regen/34-mysql
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ do_post_regen() {
   # Playing with enable/disable allows to recreate the proper symlinks.
   if [ ! -e /etc/systemd/system/mysql.service ]
   then
+      systemctl stop mysql -q
       systemctl disable mysql -q
       systemctl disable mariadb -q
       systemctl enable mariadb -q
+      systemctl is-active mariadb -q || systemctl start mariadb
   fi
 
   if [ ! -f /etc/yunohost/mysql ]; then