diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 8547259b..f9fa432f 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
     for ns_pid in $(pgrep neutron-ns-meta); do
       echo $(readlink -f "/proc/$ns_pid/exe") | grep -qv "{{ neutron_venv_tag }}"
       if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-        (echo "old metadata proxy pid found running clean up on $ns_pid"; kill -9 "$ns_pid")
+        if kill -9 "$ns_pid"; then
+          logger -s "old metadata proxy pid found and has been cleaned up on: \"$ns_pid\""
+        fi
       fi
     done
   when: neutron_services['neutron-metadata-agent'].service_en | bool