diff --git a/src/etc/rc.d/rc.subr b/src/etc/rc.d/rc.subr
index 9eef525c..9ccc3b8a 100644
--- a/src/etc/rc.d/rc.subr
+++ b/src/etc/rc.d/rc.subr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: rc.subr,v 1.98 2015/07/15 12:26:25 ajacoutot Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: rc.subr,v 1.99 2015/07/15 13:48:16 ajacoutot Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2014 Antoine Jacoutot <ajacoutot@openbsd.org>
 # Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -157,15 +157,15 @@ rc_start() {
 }
 
 rc_check() {
-	pgrep -q -f "^${pexp}"
+	pgrep -q -xf "${pexp}"
 }
 
 rc_reload() {
-	pkill -HUP -f "^${pexp}"
+	pkill -HUP -xf "${pexp}"
 }
 
 rc_stop() {
-	pkill -f "^${pexp}"
+	pkill -xf "${pexp}"
 }
 
 rc_cmd() {