diff --git a/utils/collectd/files/exec-scripts/sqm_collectd.sh b/utils/collectd/files/exec-scripts/sqm_collectd.sh
index 690837017..07fe55515 100755
--- a/utils/collectd/files/exec-scripts/sqm_collectd.sh
+++ b/utils/collectd/files/exec-scripts/sqm_collectd.sh
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ process_qdisc() {
 }
 
 # while not orphaned
-while [ $(awk '$1 ~ "^PPid:" {print $2}' /proc/$$/status) -ne 1 ] ; do
+while [ $(awk '$1 ~ "^PPid:" {print $2;exit}' /proc/$$/status) -ne 1 ] ; do
 	for ifc in "$@" ; do
 		process_qdisc "$ifc"
 	done