diff --git a/syslog/files/rsyslogd.rc b/syslog/files/rsyslogd.rc
index f918953..a50f795 100755
--- a/syslog/files/rsyslogd.rc
+++ b/syslog/files/rsyslogd.rc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ daemon_flags="-x -c 4 -i /var/run/syslog.pid"
 . /etc/rc.d/rc.subr
 
 rc_pre() {
-	pkill -f /usr/sbin/syslogd
+	pkill -U _syslogd
 	return 0
 }