diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh-6.2p2/init b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh-6.2p2/init
index 266689c2cf..e7f3971324 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh-6.2p2/init
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh-6.2p2/init
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ case "$1" in
 
   status)
 	status /usr/sbin/sshd
-	return $?
+	exit $?
   ;;
 
   *)