diff --git a/syndicate-server/src/lifecycle.rs b/syndicate-server/src/lifecycle.rs
index 25cb5e2..7411915 100644
--- a/syndicate-server/src/lifecycle.rs
+++ b/syndicate-server/src/lifecycle.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pub fn terminate_on_service_restart<'a, N: Unparse<&'a Language<AnyValue>, AnyVa
 ) {
     on_service_restart(t, ds, service_name, |t| {
         tracing::info!("Terminating to restart");
-        t.state.shutdown();
+        t.stop_root();
         Ok(())
     });
 }
diff --git a/syndicate/src/actor.rs b/syndicate/src/actor.rs
index 53061b0..b8e1b23 100644
--- a/syndicate/src/actor.rs
+++ b/syndicate/src/actor.rs
@@ -1118,6 +1118,14 @@ impl<'activation> Activation<'activation> {
         self.stop_facet(self.facet.facet_id)
     }
 
+    /// Arranges for the active actor's root facet to be stopped cleanly when `self` commits;
+    /// this is one way to arrange a clean shutdown of the entire actor.
+    ///
+    /// Equivalent to `self.stop_facet(self.state.root)`.
+    pub fn stop_root(&mut self) {
+        self.stop_facet(self.state.root);
+    }
+
     fn stop_if_inert(&mut self) {
         let facet_id = self.facet.facet_id;
         self.enqueue_for_myself_at_commit(Box::new(move |t| {