diff --git a/utils/collectd/Makefile b/utils/collectd/Makefile
index b2deb82d1..790e38f31 100644
--- a/utils/collectd/Makefile
+++ b/utils/collectd/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=collectd
 PKG_VERSION:=5.11.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=8
+PKG_RELEASE:=9
 
 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 b07416f4e..89fc6b2bb 100644
--- a/utils/collectd/files/collectd.init
+++ b/utils/collectd/files/collectd.init
@@ -310,10 +310,6 @@ process_config() {
 	config_get BaseDir globals BaseDir "/var/run/collectd"
 	printf "BaseDir \"%s\"\n" "$BaseDir" >> "$COLLECTD_CONF"
 
-	config_get Include globals Include "/tmp/collectd.d"
-	printf "Include \"%s\"\n" "$Include" >> "$COLLECTD_CONF"
-	mkdir -p "$Include"
-
 	config_get PIDFile globals PIDFile "/var/run/collectd.pid"
 	printf "PIDFile \"%s\"\n" "$PIDFile" >> "$COLLECTD_CONF"
 
@@ -324,7 +320,7 @@ process_config() {
 	printf "TypesDB \"%s\"\n" "$TypesDB" >> "$COLLECTD_CONF"
 
 	config_get Interval globals Interval 30
-	printf "Interval \"%s\"\n" "$Interval" >> "$COLLECTD_CONF"
+	printf "Interval %s\n" "$Interval" >> "$COLLECTD_CONF"
 
 	config_get ReadThreads globals ReadThreads 2
 	printf "ReadThreads \"%s\"\n" "$ReadThreads" >> "$COLLECTD_CONF"
@@ -332,6 +328,10 @@ process_config() {
 	config_get Hostname globals Hostname "$(uname -n)"
 	printf "Hostname \"%s\"\n" "$Hostname" >> "$COLLECTD_CONF"
 
+	config_get Include globals Include "/tmp/collectd.d"
+	printf "Include \"%s\"\n" "$Include" >> "$COLLECTD_CONF"
+	mkdir -p "$Include"
+
 	printf "\n" >> "$COLLECTD_CONF"
 
 	# PLUGIN CONFIG