diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/gtornado.py b/gunicorn/workers/gtornado.py
index 79665856..b7416305 100644
--- a/gunicorn/workers/gtornado.py
+++ b/gunicorn/workers/gtornado.py
@@ -31,15 +31,16 @@ class TornadoWorker(Worker):
         sys.modules["tornado.web"] = web
 
     def handle_quit(self, sig, frame):
-        super(TornadoWorker, self).handle_quit(sig, frame)
-        self.ioloop.stop()
+        if self.alive:
+            super(TornadoWorker, self).handle_quit(sig, frame)
+            self.stop()
 
     def handle_request(self):
         self.nr += 1
         if self.alive and self.nr >= self.max_requests:
             self.alive = False
             self.log.info("Autorestarting worker after current request.")
-            self.ioloop.stop()
+            self.stop()
 
     def watchdog(self):
         if self.alive:
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ class TornadoWorker(Worker):
 
         if self.ppid != os.getppid():
             self.log.info("Parent changed, shutting down: %s", self)
-            self.ioloop.stop()
+            self.stop()
 
     def run(self):
         self.ioloop = IOLoop.instance()
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ class TornadoWorker(Worker):
             server = tornado.httpserver.HTTPServer(app,
                     io_loop=self.ioloop)
 
+        self.server = server
+
         for s in self.sockets:
             s.setblocking(0)
             if hasattr(server, "add_socket"):  # tornado > 2.0
@@ -94,3 +97,15 @@ class TornadoWorker(Worker):
         server.start(num_processes=1)
 
         self.ioloop.start()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        if hasattr(self, 'server'):
+            try:
+                self.server.stop()
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+        PeriodicCallback(self.stop_ioloop, 1000, io_loop=self.ioloop).start()
+
+    def stop_ioloop(self):
+        if not self.ioloop._callbacks and len(self.ioloop._timeouts) <= 1:
+            self.ioloop.stop()