rhn-satellite stop reports write error: Connection refused (111) when stopping jabberd service

Issue

• Some of the jabberd services fail during shutdown:

root@satellite ~]# service jabberd stop
Terminating jabberd processes ...
Stopping router:                                           [  OK  ]
Stopping sm:                                               [  OK  ]
Stopping c2s:                                              [FAILED]
Stopping s2s:                                              [FAILED]

• Errors seen in /var/log/messages:

Oct 11 11:23:50 satellite jabberd/c2s[3249]: attempting connection to router at 127.0.0.1, port=5347
Oct 11 11:23:50 satellite jabberd/c2s[3249]: [5] [router] write error: Connection refused (111)
Oct 11 11:23:50 satellite jabberd/c2s[3249]: connection to router closed
Oct 11 11:23:50 satellite jabberd/c2s[3249]: attempting reconnect (2 left)
Oct 11 11:23:50 satellite jabberd/s2s[3256]: attempting connection to router at 127.0.0.1, port=5347
Oct 11 11:23:50 satellite jabberd/s2s[3256]: [6] [router] write error: Connection refused (111)
Oct 11 11:23:50 satellite jabberd/s2s[3256]: connection to router closed