diff --git a/src/start-stop-daemon/start-stop-daemon.c b/src/start-stop-daemon/start-stop-daemon.c
index a5f1f866..9117f92f 100644
--- a/src/start-stop-daemon/start-stop-daemon.c
+++ b/src/start-stop-daemon/start-stop-daemon.c
@@ -864,8 +864,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (background)
 		signal_setup(SIGCHLD, handle_signal);
 
-	if ((pid = vfork()) == -1)
-		eerrorx("%s: vfork: %s", applet, strerror(errno));
+	if ((pid = fork()) == -1)
+		eerrorx("%s: fork: %s", applet, strerror(errno));
 
 	/* Child process - lets go! */
 	if (pid == 0) {