diff --git a/plugins/mongodb/init.d/mongodb.tpl b/plugins/mongodb/init.d/mongodb.tpl
index 2781240b5..1432a5b49 100644
--- a/plugins/mongodb/init.d/mongodb.tpl
+++ b/plugins/mongodb/init.d/mongodb.tpl
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ app_stop(){
 	else
 			PID=$(cat $PIDFILE)
 			echo "Stopping ..."
-			$CLIEXEC shutdown
+			kill -9 $PID
 			while [ -x /proc/${PID} ]
 			do
 				echo "Waiting for Redis to shutdown ..."