diff --git a/jupyterhub/handlers/base.py b/jupyterhub/handlers/base.py
index 91bf4a4e..12c48be2 100644
--- a/jupyterhub/handlers/base.py
+++ b/jupyterhub/handlers/base.py
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ class BaseHandler(RequestHandler):
                 self.log.error(
                     "Stopping %s to avoid inconsistent state", user_server_name
                 )
-                await user.stop()
+                await user.stop(server_name)
                 PROXY_ADD_DURATION_SECONDS.labels(status='failure').observe(
                     time.perf_counter() - proxy_add_start_time
                 )
diff --git a/jupyterhub/tests/test_named_servers.py b/jupyterhub/tests/test_named_servers.py
index d4593083..20e515a2 100644
--- a/jupyterhub/tests/test_named_servers.py
+++ b/jupyterhub/tests/test_named_servers.py
@@ -368,3 +368,28 @@ async def test_user_redirect_hook_default_server_name(
     assert redirected_url.path == url_path_join(
         app.base_url, 'user', username, 'terminals/1'
     )
+
+
+async def test_named_server_stop_server(app, username, named_servers):
+    server_name = "myserver"
+    await app.login_user(username)
+    user = app.users[username]
+
+    r = await api_request(app, 'users', username, 'server', method='post')
+    assert r.status_code == 201
+    assert r.text == ''
+    assert user.spawners[''].server
+
+    with mock.patch.object(
+        app.proxy, 'add_user', side_effect=Exception('mock exception')
+    ):
+        r = await api_request(
+            app, 'users', username, 'servers', server_name, method='post'
+        )
+        r.raise_for_status()
+        assert r.status_code == 201
+        assert r.text == ''
+
+    assert user.spawners[server_name].server is None
+    assert user.spawners[''].server
+    assert user.running