1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/debian/init b/debian/init
index 641b9eff5..552330422 100644
--- a/debian/init
+++ b/debian/init
@@ -59,10 +59,9 @@ case "$1" in
   restart)
         check_config
         echo -n "Restarting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd"
-        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile /var/run/sshd.pid
+        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry 30 --pidfile /var/run/sshd.pid
         check_for_no_start
         check_privsep_dir
-        sleep 2
         start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/sshd.pid --exec /usr/sbin/sshd -- $SSHD_OPTS
         echo "."
         ;;