diff --git a/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip-stage-2 b/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip-stage-2
index 54fd5124f4..12294309cf 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip-stage-2
+++ b/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip-stage-2
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ logging.info("Upgrading system packages...")
 subprocess.check_call(["apt-get", "update"])
 subprocess.check_call(["apt-get", "upgrade"])
 
+if os.path.exists("/etc/supervisor/conf.d/zulip_db.conf"):
+   subprocess.check_call(["supervisorctl", "stop", "process-fts-updates"], preexec_fn=su_to_zulip)
+
 logging.info("Stopping Zulip...")
 subprocess.check_call(["supervisorctl", "stop", "zulip-workers:*", "zulip-django",
                        "zulip-tornado", "zulip-senders:*"], preexec_fn=su_to_zulip)
@@ -41,3 +44,6 @@ logging.info("Restarting Zulip...")
 subprocess.check_call(["cp", "-rT", os.path.join(deploy_path, 'prod-static/serve'),
                         '/home/zulip/prod-static'], preexec_fn=su_to_zulip)
 subprocess.check_output(["./scripts/restart-server"], preexec_fn=su_to_zulip)
+
+if os.path.exists("/etc/supervisor/conf.d/zulip_db.conf"):
+   subprocess.check_call(["supervisorctl", "start", "process-fts-updates"], preexec_fn=su_to_zulip)