diff --git a/cns/cns.init b/cns/cns.init
index 9d6ca1c..0f3dc93 100644
--- a/cns/cns.init
+++ b/cns/cns.init
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ stop()
     done 2>/dev/null
     status | grep stopped && return 0
     echo -n "Stopping cns:"
-    killall cns > /dev/null 2> 1
     kill -9 `cat [cns_install_dir]/run.pid 2>/dev/null` 2>/dev/null
+    killall cns > /dev/null 2> 1
     sleep 1
     grep -q cns /proc/`cat [cns_install_dir]/run.pid`/comm && \
         echo -e "\033[60G[\033[31mFAILED\033[0m]" || \