diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index 23647ecf93..6f50dc9f3c 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -271,19 +271,8 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) register(container *Container, updateSuffixarray bool) err
 		if err := container.ToDisk(); err != nil {
 			logrus.Debugf("saving stopped state to disk %s", err)
 		}
-
-		info := daemon.execDriver.Info(container.ID)
-		if !info.IsRunning() {
-			logrus.Debugf("Container %s was supposed to be running but is not.", container.ID)
-
-			logrus.Debug("Marking as stopped")
-
-			container.SetStopped(&execdriver.ExitStatus{ExitCode: -127})
-			if err := container.ToDisk(); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/daemon/execdriver/native/driver.go b/daemon/execdriver/native/driver.go
index 6caa78390f..fba22c1c21 100644
--- a/daemon/execdriver/native/driver.go
+++ b/daemon/execdriver/native/driver.go
@@ -268,29 +268,25 @@ func (d *driver) Unpause(c *execdriver.Command) error {
 
 func (d *driver) Terminate(c *execdriver.Command) error {
 	defer d.cleanContainer(c.ID)
-	// lets check the start time for the process
-	active := d.activeContainers[c.ID]
-	if active == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("active container for %s does not exist", c.ID)
+	container, err := d.factory.Load(c.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-	state, err := active.State()
+	defer container.Destroy()
+	state, err := container.State()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	pid := state.InitProcessPid
-
 	currentStartTime, err := system.GetProcessStartTime(pid)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
 	if state.InitProcessStartTime == currentStartTime {
 		err = syscall.Kill(pid, 9)
 		syscall.Wait4(pid, nil, 0, nil)
 	}
-
 	return err
-
 }
 
 func (d *driver) Info(id string) execdriver.Info {