diff --git a/pkg/bindings/containers/containers.go b/pkg/bindings/containers/containers.go
index 116ed91875..5665db2110 100644
--- a/pkg/bindings/containers/containers.go
+++ b/pkg/bindings/containers/containers.go
@@ -405,6 +405,9 @@ func Stop(ctx context.Context, nameOrID string, options *StopOptions) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer response.Body.Close()
+	if options.GetIgnore() && response.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
+		return nil
+	}
 
 	return response.Process(nil)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/helpers.go b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/helpers.go
index a60b67e9e2..12ebe94f75 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/helpers.go
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ func getContainersAndInputByContext(contextWithConnection context.Context, all,
 	if all && len(namesOrIDs) > 0 {
 		return nil, nil, errors.New("cannot look up containers and all")
 	}
+	// short cut if not all, not filters and no names are given. This can happen with
+	// --ignore and --cidfile, https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/23554.
+	// In this case we have to do nothting and not even have to do a request
+	if !all && len(filters) == 0 && len(namesOrIDs) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil, nil
+	}
+
 	options := new(containers.ListOptions).WithAll(true).WithSync(true).WithFilters(filters)
 	allContainers, err := containers.List(contextWithConnection, options)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/test/system/050-stop.bats b/test/system/050-stop.bats
index a1e8b55f8f..add9b5bcba 100644
--- a/test/system/050-stop.bats
+++ b/test/system/050-stop.bats
@@ -110,8 +110,15 @@ load helpers
     run_podman 125 stop --cidfile=$nosuchfile
     is "$output" "Error: reading CIDFile: open $nosuchfile: no such file or directory" "podman stop with missing cidfile, without --ignore"
 
+    # create a container to reproduce (#23554)
+    run_podman run -d $IMAGE sleep inf
+    cid="$output"
+
+    # Important for (#23554) that there is no output here
     run_podman stop --cidfile=$nosuchfile --ignore
-    is "$output" "" "podman stop with missing cidfile, with --ignore"
+    is "$output" "" "podman stop with missing cidfile, with --ignore (empty output)"
+
+    run_podman rm -f -t0 $cid
 }