diff --git a/src/login/logind-user.c b/src/login/logind-user.c
index ac4a651f36..4af0e90c22 100644
--- a/src/login/logind-user.c
+++ b/src/login/logind-user.c
@@ -499,6 +499,12 @@ int user_stop(User *u, bool force) {
         int r = 0, k;
         assert(u);
 
+        /* Stop jobs have already been queued */
+        if (u->stopping) {
+                user_save(u);
+                return r;
+        }
+
         LIST_FOREACH(sessions_by_user, s, u->sessions) {
                 k = session_stop(s, force);
                 if (k < 0)
diff --git a/src/login/logind.c b/src/login/logind.c
index 554409926a..2add241066 100644
--- a/src/login/logind.c
+++ b/src/login/logind.c
@@ -889,10 +889,11 @@ void manager_gc(Manager *m, bool drop_not_started) {
                 LIST_REMOVE(gc_queue, m->user_gc_queue, user);
                 user->in_gc_queue = false;
 
-                if (!user_check_gc(user, drop_not_started) &&
-                    user_get_state(user) != USER_CLOSING)
+                /* First step: queue stop jobs */
+                if (!user_check_gc(user, drop_not_started))
                         user_stop(user, false);
 
+                /* Second step: finalize user */
                 if (!user_check_gc(user, drop_not_started)) {
                         user_finalize(user);
                         user_free(user);