diff --git a/src/test/ssl/ServerSetup.pm b/src/test/ssl/ServerSetup.pm
index 27a676b65c2..e81f4df7c5d 100644
--- a/src/test/ssl/ServerSetup.pm
+++ b/src/test/ssl/ServerSetup.pm
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ sub switch_server_cert
 	print $sslconf "ssl_crl_file='root+client.crl'\n";
 	close $sslconf;
 
-	$node->reload;
+	$node->restart;
 }
 
 sub configure_hba_for_ssl