diff --git a/usr/lib/systemd/system/apisix.service b/usr/lib/systemd/system/apisix.service
index de077ad33..3565b6141 100644
--- a/usr/lib/systemd/system/apisix.service
+++ b/usr/lib/systemd/system/apisix.service
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Type=forking
 Restart=on-failure
 WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/apisix
 ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f /usr/local/apisix/logs/worker_events.sock
+ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f /usr/local/apisix/logs/stream_worker_events.sock
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/apisix start
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/apisix stop
 ExecReload=/usr/bin/apisix reload