diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.stop b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.stop
index e8333fff0e..dbf1d9d202 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.stop
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.stop
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ mkdir -p "$LOCKDIR"
 touch "$LOCKDIR/$LOCKFILE"
 
 if [ "$(pidof $ADDON_BIN)" ];then
-  killall -9 $ADDON_BIN
+  killall $ADDON_BIN
 fi