diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index ae83d90b91..cf4f4e4d19 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+5213.	[bug]		win32: Eliminated a race which allowed named.exe running
+			as a service to be killed prematurely during shutdown.
+			[GL #978]
+
 5210.	[bug]		When dnstap is enabled and recursion is not
 			available, incoming queries are now logged
 			as "auth". Previously, this depended on whether
diff --git a/bin/named/win32/ntservice.c b/bin/named/win32/ntservice.c
index 23a5dc4b40..fe4ab5c44d 100644
--- a/bin/named/win32/ntservice.c
+++ b/bin/named/win32/ntservice.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ ServiceControl(DWORD dwCtrlCode) {
 	case SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP:
 		ns_server_flushonshutdown(ns_g_server, true);
 		isc_app_shutdown();
-		UpdateSCM(SERVICE_STOPPED);
+		UpdateSCM(SERVICE_STOP_PENDING);
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;