diff --git a/debian/compctl.init b/debian/compctl.init
index 7eff3815203597e7b6f8b6faa482e874df494d49..41e27fe5043cc531f3be5b01c200ec0dc6e78295 100644
--- a/debian/compctl.init
+++ b/debian/compctl.init
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ do_stop()
 	#   1 if daemon was already stopped
 	#   2 if daemon could not be stopped
 	#   other if a failure occurred
-	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --name $NAME
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --exec $DAEMON
 	RETVAL="$?"
 	[ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2
 	# Wait for children to finish too if this is a daemon that forks