1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ifupdown.c b/networking/ifupdown.c
index b0f526770..e4bfc3eb4 100644
--- a/networking/ifupdown.c
+++ b/networking/ifupdown.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static int dhcp_up(interface_defn *ifd, execfn *exec)
 static int dhcp_down(interface_defn *ifd, execfn *exec)
 {
         if (execable("/sbin/dhclient")) {
-                if (!execute("cat /var/run/dhclient.%iface%.pid | xargs kill", ifd, exec)) {
+                if (!execute("kill -9 `cat /var/run/udhcpc.%iface%.pid`", ifd, exec)) {
                         return(0);
                 }
         } else if (execable("/sbin/pump")) {
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ static int dhcp_down(interface_defn *ifd, execfn *exec)
                         return(0);
                 }
         } else if (execable("/sbin/udhcpc")) {
-                if (!execute("cat /var/run/udhcpc.%iface%.pid | xargs kill", ifd, exec)) {
+                if (!execute("kill -9 `cat /var/run/udhcpc.%iface%.pid`", ifd, exec)) {
                         return(0);
                 }
         } else if (execable("/sbin/dhcpcd")) {