diff --git a/www/c-icap/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/start/50-c-icap b/www/c-icap/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/start/50-c-icap
index bb12c91336..ace732728a 100755
--- a/www/c-icap/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/start/50-c-icap
+++ b/www/c-icap/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/start/50-c-icap
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# start again to fix race with clamav (no need to restart)
-/usr/local/etc/rc.d/c-icap start
+# restart service to make sure c-icap starts after clamav is ready
+/usr/local/etc/rc.d/c-icap restart