diff --git a/init/init-lib.pl b/init/init-lib.pl
index b9642e2cc..6268a1ae4 100755
--- a/init/init-lib.pl
+++ b/init/init-lib.pl
@@ -1116,5 +1116,15 @@ foreach my $f (split(/\s+/, $config{'rc_conf'})) {
 	}
 }
 
+sub reboot_system
+{
+&system_logged("$config{'reboot_command'} >$null_file 2>$null_file");
+}
+
+sub shutdown_system
+{
+&system_logged("$config{'shutdown_command'} >$null_file 2>$null_file");
+}
+
 1;
 
diff --git a/init/reboot.cgi b/init/reboot.cgi
index c9d47edb7..296aff54c 100755
--- a/init/reboot.cgi
+++ b/init/reboot.cgi
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ print "<p>\n";
 $ttcmd = "<tt>$config{'reboot_command'}</tt>";
 if ($in{'confirm'}) {
 	print "<font size=+1>",&text('reboot_exec', $ttcmd),"</font><p>\n";
-	&system_logged("$config{'reboot_command'} >$null_file 2>$null_file");
+	&reboot_system();
 	&webmin_log("reboot");
 	}
 else {
diff --git a/init/shutdown.cgi b/init/shutdown.cgi
index ceea05c67..b8f10ae08 100755
--- a/init/shutdown.cgi
+++ b/init/shutdown.cgi
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ print "<p>\n";
 $ttcmd = "<tt>$config{'shutdown_command'}</tt>";
 if ($in{'confirm'}) {
 	print "<font size=+1>",&text('shutdown_exec', $ttcmd),"</font><p>\n";
-	&system_logged("$config{'shutdown_command'} >$null_file 2>$null_file");
+	&shutdown_system();
 	&webmin_log("shutdown");
 	}
 else {