diff --git a/init/atboot.pl b/init/atboot.pl
index 22b7c4d5c..97d091dc6 100755
--- a/init/atboot.pl
+++ b/init/atboot.pl
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ elsif ($init_mode eq "systemd") {
 	         'opts'    => {
 	         'env'        => '"PERLLIB=' . $root_directory . '"',
 	         'stop'       => '/usr/bin/kill $MAINPID',
-	         'reload'     => '/bin/bash -c \'/usr/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID && while /usr/bin/kill -0 $MAINPID ; do /bin/sleep 0.5 ; done\'',
+	         'reload'     => '/bin/bash -c \'/usr/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID && while /usr/bin/kill -0 $MAINPID >/dev/null 2>&1 ; do /bin/sleep 0.5 ; done\'',
 	         'type'       => 'forking',
 	         'restart'    => 'always',
 	         'restartsec' => '2s',
diff --git a/webmin-systemd b/webmin-systemd
index f33574f71..3c82a5653 100644
--- a/webmin-systemd
+++ b/webmin-systemd
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Description=Webmin server daemon
 Environment="PERLLIB=WEBMIN_LIBDIR"
 ExecStart=WEBMIN_LIBDIR/miniserv.pl WEBMIN_CONFIG/miniserv.conf
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/kill $MAINPID
-ExecReload=/bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID && while /usr/bin/kill -0 $MAINPID ; do /bin/sleep 0.5 ; done'
+ExecReload=/bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID && while /usr/bin/kill -0 $MAINPID >/dev/null 2>&1 ; do /bin/sleep 0.5 ; done'
 PIDFile=WEBMIN_VAR/miniserv.pid
 Type=forking
 Restart=always