diff --git a/runscripts/init.debian b/runscripts/init.debian
index 85ca911bd6b6da07ba630addfe94c9fa027f6aba..6d4b2e97a494f62d1d653c1eee204957e5d2a56c 100755
--- a/runscripts/init.debian
+++ b/runscripts/init.debian
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ case "$1" in
         ;;
     status)
         status_of_proc -p "$PID_FILE" "$DAEMON" "$DESC"
-        exit 0
+        exit $?
         ;;
     *)
         N=/etc/init.d/$NAME