diff --git a/utils/collectd/Makefile b/utils/collectd/Makefile
index 6e621b7b8..b1f26cf54 100644
--- a/utils/collectd/Makefile
+++ b/utils/collectd/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=collectd
 PKG_VERSION:=5.9.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://collectd.org/files/ \
diff --git a/utils/collectd/files/collectd.init b/utils/collectd/files/collectd.init
index a0029267a..7b9c4623e 100644
--- a/utils/collectd/files/collectd.init
+++ b/utils/collectd/files/collectd.init
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
 # Copyright (C) 2006-2016 OpenWrt.org
 
-. "/usr/share/libubox/jshn.sh"
-
 START=80
 STOP=10
 
@@ -62,6 +60,7 @@ process_generic() {
 
 	local config=""
 
+	. /usr/share/libubox/jshn.sh
 	json_init
 	json_load_file "$json"