diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp/ntpd b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp/ntpd
index d1b9c49076..a0c43ed5e5 100755
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp/ntpd
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp/ntpd
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	startdaemon
 	;;
   status)
-	status /usr/sbin/ntpd;
+	status ntpd;
 	exit $?
 	;;
   *)