diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index cd2a2f5..d3d7a77 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ RUN last_patch=$(awk '/^Patch[0-9]+/ { line = NR } END { print line }' systemd.s
         echo 'Patch9501: 9501-cgroup-util-accept-cgroup-hierarchy-base-as-option.patch'; \
         echo 'Patch9502: 9502-core-move-initialization-of-.slice-and-init.scope-in.patch'; \
         echo 'Patch9503: 9503-core-drop-.slice-from-shipped-units.patch'; \
+        echo 'Patch9504: 9504-core-skip-restart-when-a-JOB_STOP-job-is-pending.patch'; \
         echo ; \
     } >>systemd.mod.spec; \
     tail -n+$((last_patch + 1)) systemd.spec >>systemd.mod.spec; \
diff --git a/systemd-patches/9504-core-skip-restart-when-a-JOB_STOP-job-is-pending.patch b/systemd-patches/9504-core-skip-restart-when-a-JOB_STOP-job-is-pending.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4205a9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemd-patches/9504-core-skip-restart-when-a-JOB_STOP-job-is-pending.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From 9b2f19a583b98e47ffa1f2bdf930eced4f537406 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Kyle Sessions <kssessio@amazon.com>
+Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 00:26:08 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] core: skip automatic restart when a JOB_STOP job is pending
+
+---
+ src/core/service.c | 7 +------
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/core/service.c b/src/core/service.c
+index 15e29be..fa2af05 100644
+--- a/src/core/service.c
++++ b/src/core/service.c
+@@ -1622,12 +1622,7 @@ static void service_enter_restart(Service *s) {
+ 
+         if (UNIT(s)->job && UNIT(s)->job->type == JOB_STOP) {
+                 /* Don't restart things if we are going down anyway */
+-                log_unit_info(UNIT(s)->id, "Stop job pending for unit, delaying automatic restart.");
+-
+-                r = service_arm_timer(s, s->restart_usec);
+-                if (r < 0)
+-                        goto fail;
+-
++                log_unit_info(UNIT(s)->id, "Stop job pending for unit, skipping automatic restart.");
+                 return;
+         }
+ 
+-- 
+2.40.1
+