diff --git a/initctl.c b/initctl.c
index a13aed34c2c..6dcc86f0fa6 100644
--- a/initctl.c
+++ b/initctl.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static void change_runlevel(Server *s, int runlevel) {
 
         log_debug("Running request %s", target);
 
-        if (!(m = dbus_message_new_method_call("org.freedesktop.systemd1", "/org/freedesktop/systemd1", "org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager", "GetUnit"))) {
+        if (!(m = dbus_message_new_method_call("org.freedesktop.systemd1", "/org/freedesktop/systemd1", "org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager", "LoadUnit"))) {
                 log_error("Could not allocate message.");
                 goto finish;
         }