diff --git a/build-aux/rpm/init.d/opentsdb b/build-aux/rpm/init.d/opentsdb
index d721d483ba..5f4ee1d8d5 100644
--- a/build-aux/rpm/init.d/opentsdb
+++ b/build-aux/rpm/init.d/opentsdb
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ rh_status_q() {
 }
 
 findproc() {
-    pgrep -f "^java .* net.opentsdb.tools.TSDMain .*${NAME}"
+    pgrep -f "java .* net.opentsdb.tools.TSDMain .*${NAME}"
 }
 
 case "$1" in