diff --git a/package/polkit/S50polkit b/package/polkit/S50polkitd
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 97%
rename from package/polkit/S50polkit
rename to package/polkit/S50polkitd
index f07e2d613b..5810e780a0
--- a/package/polkit/S50polkit
+++ b/package/polkit/S50polkitd
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ restart() {
 }
 
 case "$1" in
-	start|stop|restart|reload)
+	start|stop|restart)
 		"$1";;
 	reload)
 		# Restart, since there is no true "reload" feature.
diff --git a/package/polkit/polkit.mk b/package/polkit/polkit.mk
index a8b371acf8..f94579a149 100644
--- a/package/polkit/polkit.mk
+++ b/package/polkit/polkit.mk
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ define POLKIT_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
 endef
 
 define POLKIT_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
-	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 package/polkit/S50polkit \
-		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S50polkit
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 package/polkit/S50polkitd \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S50polkitd
 endef
 
 $(eval $(meson-package))