diff --git a/package/tvheadend/S99tvheadend b/package/tvheadend/S99tvheadend
index 407b8736a5..c29e32d333 100644
--- a/package/tvheadend/S99tvheadend
+++ b/package/tvheadend/S99tvheadend
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ case "$1" in
     restart|force-reload)
         "${0}" stop
         sleep 2
-        "${0}" stop
+        "${0}" start
         ;;
     *)
         echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2