diff --git a/luci-app-sqm-autorate/root/etc/init.d/sqm-autorate b/luci-app-sqm-autorate/root/etc/init.d/sqm-autorate
index 11b766808..1485c924f 100755
--- a/luci-app-sqm-autorate/root/etc/init.d/sqm-autorate
+++ b/luci-app-sqm-autorate/root/etc/init.d/sqm-autorate
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ start_service() {
 
 stop_service() {
 	rm -f /usr/share/sqm-autorate/cake-autorate_config.*.sh
+	pkill -9 cake-autorate
 }
 
 reload_service() {