diff --git a/scripts/wsrep_sst_common.sh b/scripts/wsrep_sst_common.sh
index 9a89689ede6..f9e563c2a95 100644
--- a/scripts/wsrep_sst_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/wsrep_sst_common.sh
@@ -1233,6 +1233,7 @@ check_sockets_utils()
                 # sockstat in FreeBSD is different from other systems,
                 # let's denote it with a different value:
                 sockstat_available=2
+                sockstat_opts='-46lq -P tcp -p'
             fi
         else
             socket_utility="$(commandex lsof)"
@@ -1277,18 +1278,25 @@ check_port()
 
     [ $pid -le 0 ] && pid='[0-9]+'
 
-    local rc=1
+    local rc=2 # ENOENT
 
     if [ $ss_available -ne 0 ]; then
         $socket_utility $ss_opts -t "( sport = :$port )" 2>/dev/null | \
             grep -q -E "[[:space:]]users:[[:space:]]?\\(.*\\(\"($utils)[^[:space:]]*\"[^)]*,pid=$pid(,[^)]*)?\\)" && rc=0
     elif [ $sockstat_available -ne 0 ]; then
         if [ $sockstat_available -gt 1 ]; then
-            # sockstat on FreeBSD does not return the connection
-            # state without special option that cancel filtering
-            # by the port, so we ignore the connection state for
-            # this system:
-            $socket_utility $sockstat_opts "$port" 2>/dev/null | \
+            # The sockstat command on FreeBSD does not return
+            # the connection state without special option, but
+            # it supports filtering by connection state:
+            local out
+            out=$($socket_utility $sockstat_opts "$port" 2>/dev/null) || rc=16 # EBUSY
+            # On FreeBSD, the sockstat utility may exit without
+            # any output due to locking issues in certain versions;
+            # let's return a special exit code in such cases:
+            if [ $rc -eq 16 -o -z "$out" ]; then
+                return 16 # EBUSY
+            fi
+            echo "$out" | \
                 grep -q -E "^[^[:space:]]+[[:space:]]+($utils)[^[:space:]]*[[:space:]]+$pid([[:space:]]|\$)" && rc=0
         else
             $socket_utility $sockstat_opts "$port" 2>/dev/null | \
diff --git a/scripts/wsrep_sst_rsync.sh b/scripts/wsrep_sst_rsync.sh
index 8acca6f1171..eb68d134eff 100644
--- a/scripts/wsrep_sst_rsync.sh
+++ b/scripts/wsrep_sst_rsync.sh
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ check_pid_and_port()
                     grep -o -E "([^[:space:]]+[[:space:]]+){4}[^[:space:]]+" || :)
             else
                 if [ $sockstat_available -gt 1 ]; then
-                    # sockstat on FreeBSD does not return the connection
-                    # state without special option that cancel filtering
-                    # by the port, so we ignore the connection state for
-                    # this system, also on the FreeBSD sockstat utility
-                    # produces an additional column:
+                    # The sockstat command on FreeBSD does not return
+                    # the connection state without special option, but
+                    # it supports filtering by connection state.
+                    # Additionally, the sockstat utility on FreeBSD
+                    # produces an one extra column:
                     port_info=$($socket_utility $sockstat_opts "$port" 2>/dev/null | \
                         grep -o -E "([^[:space:]]+[[:space:]]+){5}[^[:space:]]+" || :)
                 else
@@ -149,7 +149,14 @@ check_pid_and_port()
             return 1
         fi
 
-        if ! check_port $pid "$port" "$utils"; then
+        local rc=0
+        check_port $pid "$port" "$utils" || rc=$?
+        if [ $rc -eq 16 ]; then
+            # We will ignore the return code EBUSY, which indicates
+            # a failed attempt to run the utility for retrieving
+            # socket information (on some systems):
+            return 1
+        elif [ $rc -ne 0 ]; then
             wsrep_log_error "rsync or stunnel daemon port '$port'" \
                             "has been taken by another program"
             exit 16 # EBUSY