1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/halt.c b/halt.c
index 10dcb4225..a6fec021b 100644
--- a/halt.c
+++ b/halt.c
@@ -29,8 +29,11 @@ extern int halt_main(int argc, char **argv)
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_LINUXRC
         /* don't assume init's pid == 1 */
         pid_t *pid = find_pid_by_name("init");
-        if (!pid || *pid<=0)
-                error_msg_and_die("no process killed");
+        if (!pid || *pid<=0) {
+                pid_t *pid = find_pid_by_name("linuxrc");
+                if (!pid || *pid<=0)
+                        error_msg_and_die("no process killed");
+        }
         return(kill(*pid, SIGUSR1));
 #else
         return(kill(1, SIGUSR1));