diff --git a/src/monitor/monitor.c b/src/monitor/monitor.c
index 3b362876a3a..ebf08446a6e 100644
--- a/src/monitor/monitor.c
+++ b/src/monitor/monitor.c
@@ -514,17 +514,13 @@ static void services_startup_timeout(struct tevent_context *ev,
     DEBUG(SSSDBG_TRACE_FUNC, "Handling timeout\n");
 
     if (!ctx->services_started) {
-
-        DEBUG(SSSDBG_CRIT_FAILURE, "Providers did not start in time, "
-                  "forcing services startup!\n");
-
-        ctx->services_started = true;
-
-        DEBUG(SSSDBG_CONF_SETTINGS, "Now starting services!\n");
-        /* then start all services */
-        for (i = 0; ctx->services[i]; i++) {
-            add_new_service(ctx, ctx->services[i], 0);
-        }
+        /* This code is more a sanity guard: if any of providers
+         * didn't start to this moment (MONITOR_MAX_SVC_RESTARTS),
+         * `monitor_restart_service()` should already have process
+         * terminated anyway.
+         */
+        DEBUG(SSSDBG_CRIT_FAILURE, "Providers did not start in time!\n");
+        monitor_quit(mt_ctx, 1);
     }
 }