diff --git a/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq b/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq
index 4655def017..1468aa9c09 100755
--- a/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq
+++ b/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq
@@ -673,6 +673,6 @@ case "$1" in
     exit $?
     ;;
   *)
-    invoke_task checkfornotrunning
+    invoke_task
     exit $?
 esac