diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.d/auditd b/libexec/rc/rc.d/auditd
index 8e078ec4c856..637214282de0 100755
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.d/auditd
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.d/auditd
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ auditd_stop()
 {
 
 	/usr/sbin/audit -t
-	sleep 1
+	if [ -n "$rc_pid" ]; then
+		wait_for_pids $rc_pid
+	fi
 }
 
 load_rc_config $name