diff --git a/package/transmission/S92transmission b/package/transmission/S92transmission
index 29d7cd5863..85ff40ec16 100644
--- a/package/transmission/S92transmission
+++ b/package/transmission/S92transmission
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ stop()
         #   1 if daemon was already stopped
         #   2 if daemon could not be stopped
         #   other if a failure occurred
-        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/10/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME
+        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/10/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON
         RETVAL="$?"
         [ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2