diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java
index 02568a0140..836d6b14f2 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ public class EmbeddedWebApplicationContext extends GenericWebApplicationContext
 
 	@Override
 	protected void doClose() {
-		super.doClose();
 		stopAndReleaseEmbeddedServletContainer();
+		super.doClose();
 	}
 
 	private synchronized void createEmbeddedServletContainer() {
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContextTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContextTests.java
index 9f79be5b76..037931796b 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContextTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContextTests.java
@@ -36,11 +36,14 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 import org.mockito.InOrder;
 import org.springframework.beans.MutablePropertyValues;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConstructorArgumentValues;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.Scope;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.MockEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.MockEmbeddedServletContainer;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 import org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext;
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.sameInstance;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
@@ -429,6 +433,22 @@ public class EmbeddedWebApplicationContextTests {
 				sameInstance(scope));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void containerIsStoppedBeforeContextIsClosed() {
+		addEmbeddedServletContainerFactoryBean();
+		this.context.registerBeanDefinition("shutdownOrderingValidator",
+				BeanDefinitionBuilder.rootBeanDefinition(ShutdownOrderingValidator.class)
+						.addConstructorArgReference("embeddedServletContainerFactory")
+						.getBeanDefinition());
+		this.context.refresh();
+		ShutdownOrderingValidator validator = this.context
+				.getBean(ShutdownOrderingValidator.class);
+		this.context.close();
+		assertThat(validator.destroyed, is(true));
+		assertThat(validator.containerStoppedFirst, is(true));
+
+	}
+
 	private void addEmbeddedServletContainerFactoryBean() {
 		this.context.registerBeanDefinition("embeddedServletContainerFactory",
 				new RootBeanDefinition(MockEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.class));
@@ -478,4 +498,25 @@ public class EmbeddedWebApplicationContextTests {
 
 	}
 
+	protected static class ShutdownOrderingValidator implements DisposableBean {
+
+		private final MockEmbeddedServletContainer servletContainer;
+
+		private boolean destroyed = false;
+
+		private boolean containerStoppedFirst = false;
+
+		ShutdownOrderingValidator(
+				MockEmbeddedServletContainerFactory servletContainerFactory) {
+			this.servletContainer = servletContainerFactory.getContainer();
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void destroy() {
+			this.destroyed = true;
+			this.containerStoppedFirst = this.servletContainer.isStopped();
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/MockEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/MockEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java
index 6debacdb9f..dcbdcdb67b 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/MockEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/MockEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ public class MockEmbeddedServletContainerFactory
 
 		private final int port;
 
+		private boolean stopped = false;
+
 		public MockEmbeddedServletContainer(ServletContextInitializer[] initializers,
 				int port) {
 			this.initializers = initializers;
@@ -188,6 +190,11 @@ public class MockEmbeddedServletContainerFactory
 		public void stop() {
 			this.servletContext = null;
 			this.registeredServlets.clear();
+			this.stopped = true;
+		}
+
+		public boolean isStopped() {
+			return this.stopped;
 		}
 
 		public Servlet[] getServlets() {