diff --git a/src/etc/rc.backup_netflow b/src/etc/rc.backup_netflow
index a40517051..18fb29ce1 100755
--- a/src/etc/rc.backup_netflow
+++ b/src/etc/rc.backup_netflow
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ else
 	if [ -d "${BACKUPDIR}" ]; then
 		/usr/local/etc/rc.d/flowd_aggregate stop
 		tar -C / -czf "${BACKUPFILE}" "${BACKUPDIR}"
-		if [ "${1}" = "stop" ]; then
+		if [ "${1}" != "stop" ]; then
 			/usr/local/etc/rc.d/flowd_aggregate start
 		fi
 	fi