diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/sleep.d/tvheadend.power b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/sleep.d/tvheadend.power
index f5f8e5a801..994696acf7 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/sleep.d/tvheadend.power
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/sleep.d/tvheadend.power
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ case "$1" in
     ;;
 
   thaw|resume)
-    for module in $REMOVE_MODULES ; do
-      modprobe $module
-    done
-    progress "Restarting HTS TVHeadend for wakeup..."
     if [ -f "$LOCKFILE" ] ; then
+      progress "Restarting HTS TVHeadend for wakeup..."
+      for module in $REMOVE_MODULES ; do
+        modprobe $module
+      done
       rm -rf "$LOCKFILE"
       tvheadend.start
     fi