diff --git a/xCAT/debian/postinst b/xCAT/debian/postinst
index 8caf43b58..998d9d844 100644
--- a/xCAT/debian/postinst
+++ b/xCAT/debian/postinst
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ case "$1" in
 
 	/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
 
+        # Let rsyslogd perform close of any open files
         if [ -e /var/run/rsyslogd.pid ]; then
             kill -HUP $(</var/run/rsyslogd.pid) >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
         elif [ -e /var/run/syslogd.pid ]; then
diff --git a/xCAT/xCAT.spec b/xCAT/xCAT.spec
index 16d2e4595..fa2b7277e 100644
--- a/xCAT/xCAT.spec
+++ b/xCAT/xCAT.spec
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ then
    cp /etc/xcat/conf.orig/xcat.conf.apach24 /etc/apache2/conf.d/xcat.conf
 fi
 
-# Lets rsyslogd perform close all open files
+# Let rsyslogd perform close of any open files
 if [ -e /var/run/rsyslogd.pid ]; then
     kill -HUP $(</var/run/rsyslogd.pid) >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
 elif [ -e /var/run/syslogd.pid ]; then
diff --git a/xCATsn/xCATsn.spec b/xCATsn/xCATsn.spec
index e617c3012..6bc371324 100644
--- a/xCATsn/xCATsn.spec
+++ b/xCATsn/xCATsn.spec
@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ if [ -n "$version" ]; then
 fi
 
 
+# Let rsyslogd perform close of any open files
+if [ -e /var/run/rsyslogd.pid ]; then
+    kill -HUP $(</var/run/rsyslogd.pid) >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
+elif [ -e /var/run/syslogd.pid ]; then
+    kill -HUP $(</var/run/syslogd.pid) >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
+fi
+
 %endif
 
 # create dir for the current pid and move the original ones from /tmp/xcat to /var/run/xcat