diff --git a/flexlm/files/lmgrd.init b/flexlm/files/lmgrd.init
index 203472f..c93fa37 100644
--- a/flexlm/files/lmgrd.init
+++ b/flexlm/files/lmgrd.init
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ case "$1" in
         stop
         ;;
   status)
-        lmstat -c ${licfile}
+        lmstat -c `lmstat -c ${licfile} | \
+            sed -n 's/License server status: \([0-9]*@[^ ]*\)/\1/p'`
         ;;
   restart)
         stop