diff --git a/data/init/guhd b/data/init/guhd
index 88cfe1e5..5c5f7af7 100755
--- a/data/init/guhd
+++ b/data/init/guhd
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ do_stop()
         #   1 if daemon was already stopped
         #   2 if daemon could not be stopped
         #   other if a failure occurred
-        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME
+        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/3/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME
         RETVAL="$?"
         [ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2
-        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry=0/30/KILL/5 --exec $DAEMON
+        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry=0/3/KILL/5 --exec $DAEMON
         [ "$?" = 2 ] && return 2
         rm -f $PIDFILE
         return "$RETVAL"