diff --git a/userspace/rootfs_override/etc/init.d/snmpd b/userspace/rootfs_override/etc/init.d/snmpd
index db2955076223042b592fd30fcd4e7d4fe80cea6c..8eb83faef1bb2856f220acde7a9d3475900ecada 100755
--- a/userspace/rootfs_override/etc/init.d/snmpd
+++ b/userspace/rootfs_override/etc/init.d/snmpd
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ stop() {
 
 restart() {
     stop
+    # give time to snmpd to stop
+    sleep 1
     start
 }