diff --git a/utils/collectd/Makefile b/utils/collectd/Makefile
index ab7806411..10bd70ef1 100644
--- a/utils/collectd/Makefile
+++ b/utils/collectd/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=collectd
 PKG_VERSION:=5.12.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=12
+PKG_RELEASE:=13
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://collectd.org/files/ \
diff --git a/utils/collectd/files/exec-scripts/sqm_collectd.sh b/utils/collectd/files/exec-scripts/sqm_collectd.sh
index ad84fc762..690837017 100755
--- a/utils/collectd/files/exec-scripts/sqm_collectd.sh
+++ b/utils/collectd/files/exec-scripts/sqm_collectd.sh
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ process_qdisc() {
 	json_cleanup
 }
 
-while true ; do
+# while not orphaned
+while [ $(awk '$1 ~ "^PPid:" {print $2}' /proc/$$/status) -ne 1 ] ; do
 	for ifc in "$@" ; do
 		process_qdisc "$ifc"
 	done