diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start
index 3fa1dbfec5..d39b22dc8f 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ mkdir -p $ADDON_HOME
       fi
       if [ "$PRELOAD_CAPMT_CA" == "true" ] ; then
         logger -t Tvheadend "### Preloading capmt_ca.so library ###"
-        LD_PRELOAD=$ADDON_DIR/bin/capmt_ca.so exec $ADDON_BIN $TVHEADEND_ARG &>$LOG_FILE
+        LD_PRELOAD=$ADDON_DIR/bin/capmt_ca.so $ADDON_BIN $TVHEADEND_ARG &>$LOG_FILE
       else
-        exec $ADDON_BIN $TVHEADEND_ARG &>$LOG_FILE
+        $ADDON_BIN $TVHEADEND_ARG &>$LOG_FILE
       fi
     done &
   fi