diff --git a/src/anbox/container/management_api_stub.cpp b/src/anbox/container/management_api_stub.cpp
index 1806daf..ebe7632 100644
--- a/src/anbox/container/management_api_stub.cpp
+++ b/src/anbox/container/management_api_stub.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 
 namespace anbox {
 namespace container {
+
+const std::chrono::milliseconds ManagementApiStub::stop_waiting_timeout{3000};
+
 ManagementApiStub::ManagementApiStub(
     const std::shared_ptr<rpc::Channel> &channel)
     : channel_(channel) {}
@@ -75,7 +78,9 @@ void ManagementApiStub::stop_container() {
   channel_->call_method("stop_container", &message, c->response.get(),
       google::protobuf::NewCallback(this, &ManagementApiStub::container_stopped, c.get()));
 
-  c->wh.wait_for_all();
+  // If container manager dies before session manager, the session manager
+  // cannot exit if it waits for all, so just wait for 3 seconds.
+  c->wh.wait_for_pending(stop_waiting_timeout);
 
   if (c->response->has_error()) throw std::runtime_error(c->response->error());
 }
diff --git a/src/anbox/container/management_api_stub.h b/src/anbox/container/management_api_stub.h
index 11ebeeb..e40df94 100644
--- a/src/anbox/container/management_api_stub.h
+++ b/src/anbox/container/management_api_stub.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class ManagementApiStub : public DoNotCopyOrMove {
 
   mutable std::mutex mutex_;
   std::shared_ptr<rpc::Channel> channel_;
+  static const std::chrono::milliseconds stop_waiting_timeout;
 };
 }  // namespace container
 }  // namespace anbox