diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 56247774b6..28ee8c0020 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed May  2 17:55:12 IST 2007 Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
+
+	* qemud/libvirtd.in: synchronously restart the daemon in
+	order to avoid https://bugzilla.redhat.com/238492
+	
 Wed May  2 12:16:35 EST 2007 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/xen_unified.c: Disable xm_internal.c driver on Xen
diff --git a/qemud/libvirtd.in b/qemud/libvirtd.in
index 791e34c92e..27bf1b77aa 100644
--- a/qemud/libvirtd.in
+++ b/qemud/libvirtd.in
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ start() {
 stop() {
     echo -n $"Stopping $SERVICE daemon: "
 
-    killproc $PROCESS -TERM
+    killproc $PROCESS
     RETVAL=$?
     echo
     if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then