diff --git a/contrib/init/sysvinit-debian/docker b/contrib/init/sysvinit-debian/docker
index c6a86d3401..30d14f1c42 100755
--- a/contrib/init/sysvinit-debian/docker
+++ b/contrib/init/sysvinit-debian/docker
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ case "$1" in
 
 	status)
 		check_init
-		status_of_proc -p "$DOCKER_SSD_PIDFILE" "$DOCKER" "$DOCKER_DESC"
+		status_of_proc -p "$DOCKER_SSD_PIDFILE" "$DOCKERD" "$DOCKER_DESC"
 		;;
 
 	*)