diff --git a/etc/postrm.in b/etc/postrm.in
index a11ffb66d..2824942c8 100755
--- a/etc/postrm.in
+++ b/etc/postrm.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "0" ] || [ "$1" = "remove" ]
 then
     if [ -f /etc/init.d/maxscale ]
     then
+        /etc/init.d/maxscale stop
         rm /etc/init.d/maxscale
     fi