diff --git a/package/busybox/config/procps/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/procps/Config.in
index 25eb3e5456..d8d72a75e7 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/procps/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/procps/Config.in
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_PIDOF_OMIT
 
 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PKILL
 	bool "pkill"
-	default y
+	default n
 	help
 	  Send signals to processes by name.
 
diff --git a/package/ltq-dsl-app/files/dsl_control b/package/ltq-dsl-app/files/dsl_control
index e833854301..02e89a0fd7 100644
--- a/package/ltq-dsl-app/files/dsl_control
+++ b/package/ltq-dsl-app/files/dsl_control
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SERVICE_WRITE_PID=1
 # Basic functions to send CLI commands to the dsl_cpe_control daemon
 #
 dsl_cmd() {
-	pkill -0 dsl_cpe_control && (
+	killall -0 dsl_cpe_control && (
 		echo "$@" > /tmp/pipe/dsl_cpe0_cmd
 		cat /tmp/pipe/dsl_cpe0_ack
 	)