diff --git a/etc/inc/service-utils.inc b/etc/inc/service-utils.inc
index 918d89f3b0..602eee6802 100644
--- a/etc/inc/service-utils.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/service-utils.inc
@@ -123,20 +123,29 @@ function restart_service($name) {
         }
 }
 
+function is_process_running($process, $ps = "") {
+	if(!$ps) {
+                exec("/bin/ps ax | awk '{ print $5 }'", $psout);
+                array_shift($psout);
+                foreach($psout as $line) {
+                        $ps[] = trim(array_pop(explode(' ', array_pop(explode('/', $line)))));
+                }
+        }
+	if(in_array($process, $ps)) { 
+		return true;
+	} else {
+		return false;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 function is_service_running($service, $ps = "") {
 	global $config;
-	if(!$ps) {
-		exec("/bin/ps ax | awk '{ print $5 }'", $psout);
-		array_shift($psout);
-		foreach($psout as $line) {
-		        $ps[] = trim(array_pop(explode(' ', array_pop(explode('/', $line)))));
-		}
-	}
 	if($config['installedpackages']['service']) {
                 foreach($config['installedpackages']['service'] as $aservice) {
                         if($service == $aservice['name']) {
 				if(!$aservice['executable']) return false;
-				if(in_array($aservice['executable'], $ps)) {
+				if(is_process_running($aservice['executable'], $ps)) {
 					return true;
 				} else {
 					return false;