diff --git a/units/fedora/killall.service b/units/fedora/killall.service
index 08d672f60c3..73a0569290f 100644
--- a/units/fedora/killall.service
+++ b/units/fedora/killall.service
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ OnlyByDependency=yes
 [Service]
 Type=finish
 ValidNoProcess=yes
-ExecStart=/etc/init.d/killall start
+ExecStart=-/etc/init.d/killall start
 StandardOutput=tty
diff --git a/units/gentoo/killall.service b/units/gentoo/killall.service
index d4666360fe0..0d2f9238ec5 100644
--- a/units/gentoo/killall.service
+++ b/units/gentoo/killall.service
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ OnlyByDependency=yes
 [Service]
 Type=finish
 ValidNoProcess=yes
-ExecStart=/etc/init.d/killprocs start
+ExecStart=-/etc/init.d/killprocs start
 StandardOutput=tty