diff --git a/packages/network/samba/init.d/52_samba b/packages/network/samba/init.d/52_samba
index 9a813b83b8..35fc751431 100644
--- a/packages/network/samba/init.d/52_samba
+++ b/packages/network/samba/init.d/52_samba
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@
 
     SMB_ARG="--configfile=$SMB_CONF"
     mkdir -p /var/log/samba
+    rm /var/run/smbd-smb.conf.pid &>/dev/null
+    rm /var/run/nmbd-smb.conf.pid &>/dev/null
     nmbd --daemon $SMB_ARG > /dev/null 2>&1
     smbd --daemon $SMB_ARG > /dev/null 2>&1
   fi