diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/Runner.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/Runner.java
index f298611ad7c..d0a2b80f90c 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/Runner.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/Runner.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public void start() {
               besuController.getTransactionPool().getPendingTransactions().evictOldTransactions());
       jsonRpc.ifPresent(service -> waitForServiceToStart("jsonRpc", service.start()));
       graphQLHttp.ifPresent(service -> waitForServiceToStart("graphQLHttp", service.start()));
-      websocketRpc.ifPresent(service -> waitForServiceToStop("websocketRpc", service.start()));
+      websocketRpc.ifPresent(service -> waitForServiceToStart("websocketRpc", service.start()));
       metrics.ifPresent(service -> waitForServiceToStart("metrics", service.start()));
       LOG.info("Ethereum main loop is up.");
       writeBesuPortsToFile();