diff --git a/confluent_server/sysvinit/confluent b/confluent_server/sysvinit/confluent
index 6260dc54..4b8fe830 100755
--- a/confluent_server/sysvinit/confluent
+++ b/confluent_server/sysvinit/confluent
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ case $1 in
 		stop
 		;;
 	status)
-		status -p /var/run/confluent/pid $confluent
+		status_of_proc -p /var/run/confluent/pid $confluent
 		;;
 esac