diff --git a/contrib/init.d/rc.archlinux.asterisk b/contrib/init.d/rc.archlinux.asterisk
index 9c840851c8..47685adf04 100755
--- a/contrib/init.d/rc.archlinux.asterisk
+++ b/contrib/init.d/rc.archlinux.asterisk
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ case "$1" in
   stop)
     if [ -r ${ASTVARRUNDIR}/asterisk.pid ]; then
       stat_busy "Stopping Asterisk..."
-      ${DAEMON} -rx "core stop now" > /dev/null 2&>1
+      ${DAEMON} -rx "core stop now" &>/dev/null
       if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
         stat_fail
       else