diff --git a/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc b/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
index 1bfe23d296..69886676ef 100644
--- a/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
@@ -2968,7 +2968,7 @@ function enable_rrd_graphing() {
 				$rrdupdatesh .= "	packetloss_{$ifname}=100\n";
 				$rrdupdatesh .= "	roundtrip_{$ifname}=0\n";
 				$rrdupdatesh .= "	local out_{$ifname}\n";
-				$rrdupdatesh .= "	out_{$ifname}=`$ping -c $numpings -q $monitorip`\n";
+				$rrdupdatesh .= "	out_{$ifname}=`$pingcmd -c $numpings -q $monitorip`\n";
 				$rrdupdatesh .= "	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then\n";
 				$rrdupdatesh .= "		packetloss_{$ifname}=`echo \$out_{$ifname} | cut -f18 -d' ' | cut -c -1`\n";
 				$rrdupdatesh .= "		roundtrip_{$ifname}=`echo \$out_{$ifname} | cut -f24 -d' ' | cut -f2 -d'/'`\n";