diff --git a/etc/inc/service-utils.inc b/etc/inc/service-utils.inc
index d52abd2751..0e9009bcb5 100644
--- a/etc/inc/service-utils.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/service-utils.inc
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ function stop_service($name) {
 	}
 	/* finally if we get here lets simply kill the service name */
 	if(is_process_running("{$name}"))
-		mwexec("/usr/bin/killall {$name}");
+		mwexec("/usr/bin/killall " . escapeshellarg($name));
 }
 
 function restart_service($name) {