diff --git a/etc/init.d.slurm.in b/etc/init.d.slurm.in
index ec5d534fa42092ed0217fc07549412cfb507597a..47caaea896d4d5c555367a8d7b99ae9687c30cfa 100644
--- a/etc/init.d.slurm.in
+++ b/etc/init.d.slurm.in
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	slurmstop
 	;;
     status)
-	anystop=0
+	anystop=1
 	for prog in `$BINDIR/scontrol show daemons`; do
 	   slurmstatus $prog
 	   rc=$?