diff --git a/package/busybox/files/cron b/package/busybox/files/cron
index cf0f725d3e..9bc89d81ca 100755
--- a/package/busybox/files/cron
+++ b/package/busybox/files/cron
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ start () {
 }
 
 stop() {
-	killall crond
+	killall -9 crond
 }