diff --git a/admin/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.init b/admin/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.init
index 5af9bb47b4..bb03de6722 100644
--- a/admin/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.init
+++ b/admin/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.init
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PROG=/usr/sbin/syslog-ng
 PROG2=/usr/sbin/syslog-ng-ctl
 
 SERVICE_USE_PID=1
-SERVICE_PID_FILE=/var/log/syslog-ng.pid
+SERVICE_PID_FILE=/var/run/syslog-ng.pid
 
 config_file=/etc/syslog-ng.conf