diff --git a/packaging/common/rabbitmq-script-wrapper b/packaging/common/rabbitmq-script-wrapper
index 576b19789ce6..674524dde09b 100644
--- a/packaging/common/rabbitmq-script-wrapper
+++ b/packaging/common/rabbitmq-script-wrapper
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ elif [ `id -u` = `id -u rabbitmq` -o "$SCRIPT" = "rabbitmq-plugins" ] ; then
     fi
     exec /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/${SCRIPT} "$@"
 elif [ `id -u` = 0 ] ; then
-    exec @SU_RABBITMQ_SH_C@ "/usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/${SCRIPT} ${CMDLINE}"
+    @SU_RABBITMQ_SH_C@ "/usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/${SCRIPT} ${CMDLINE}"
 else
     /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/${SCRIPT}
     echo