diff --git a/utils/redis_init_script b/utils/redis_init_script
index 96da06836..4dfe98047 100755
--- a/utils/redis_init_script
+++ b/utils/redis_init_script
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ case "$1" in
                 PID=$(cat $PIDFILE)
                 echo "Stopping ..."
                 $CLIEXEC -p $REDISPORT shutdown
-                while [ -x /proc/${PIDFILE} ]
+                while [ -x /proc/${PID} ]
                 do
                     echo "Waiting for Redis to shutdown ..."
                     sleep 1