@@ -, +, @@ 
---
 alterator-service-functions/alterator-service-functions | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/alterator-service-functions/alterator-service-functions	
+++ a/alterator-service-functions/alterator-service-functions	
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ _service_control()
 {
     # Prefer systemctl over SysV if it is available relying
     # on its systemd-sysv-install script for SysV services.
-    if sd_avail; then
+    if sd_avail && sd_sysv_avail; then
         sd_service_control "$1" "$2"
 	elif sysv_service_script_exists "$1"; then
         sysv_service_control "$1" "$2"
--