diff --git a/lib/capistrano/tasks/puma.rake b/lib/capistrano/tasks/puma.rake
index 2ecc52e..66faf14 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/tasks/puma.rake
+++ b/lib/capistrano/tasks/puma.rake
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ namespace :puma do
       within release_path do
         statefile = File.join shared_path, 'tmp', 'pids', 'puma.state'
         execute :bundle, :exec, :pumactl, '--state', statefile, :stop
+      rescue SSHKit::Command::Failed
+        nil
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/tasks/sidekiq.rake b/lib/capistrano/tasks/sidekiq.rake
index ac85e51..b19fa32 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/tasks/sidekiq.rake
+++ b/lib/capistrano/tasks/sidekiq.rake
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ namespace :sidekiq do
       within release_path do
         pidfile = File.join shared_path, 'tmp', 'pids', 'sidekiq.pid'
         execute :bundle, :exec, :sidekiqctl, :stop, pidfile
+      rescue SSHKit::Command::Failed
+        nil
       end
     end
   end