diff -uNr a/heartbeat/docker b/heartbeat/docker
--- a/heartbeat/docker	2017-11-01 13:46:00.935405714 +0100
+++ b/heartbeat/docker	2017-11-01 13:54:20.896006649 +0100
@@ -234,14 +234,16 @@
 
 	# retrieve the 'Running' attribute for the container
 	val=$(docker inspect --format {{.State.Running}} $CONTAINER 2>/dev/null)
-	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-		#not running as a result of container not being found
-		return $OCF_NOT_RUNNING
+	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+		if ocf_is_true "$val"; then
+			# container exists and is running
+			return $OCF_SUCCESS
+		fi
 	fi
 
-	if ocf_is_true "$val"; then
-		# container exists and is running
-		return $OCF_SUCCESS
+	# Known but in a stopped state
+	if ! ocf_is_true "$OCF_RESKEY_reuse"; then
+		return $OCF_ERR_GENERIC
 	fi
 
 	return $OCF_NOT_RUNNING