diff --git a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/functions b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/functions
index fa4f963c3..1abe7ae1f 100755
--- a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/functions
+++ b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/functions
@@ -128,7 +128,11 @@ validate_nginx() {
 
 restart_nginx() {
   declare desc="restart nginx for given distros"
-  fn-nginx-vhosts-nginx-init-cmd "reload"
+  local PROXY_ENABLED="$(plugn trigger proxy-is-enabled "$APP")"
+  local PROXY_TYPE="$(plugn trigger proxy-type "$APP")"
+  if [[ "$PROXY_ENABLED" == "true" ]] && [[ "$PROXY_TYPE" == "nginx" ]]; then
+    fn-nginx-vhosts-nginx-init-cmd "reload"
+  fi
 }
 
 nginx_logs() {