diff --git a/contrib/tor.logrotate.in b/contrib/tor.logrotate.in
index 9dd64476bb..429fc57005 100644
--- a/contrib/tor.logrotate.in
+++ b/contrib/tor.logrotate.in
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 	notifempty
 	sharedscripts
 	postrotate
-		/etc/rc.d/init.d/tor reload > /dev/null
+		/etc/init.d/tor reload > /dev/null
 	endscript
 }