Index: trunk/src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c (revision 1453)
+++ trunk/src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c (revision 1460)
@@ -627,4 +627,5 @@
 	char *name = NULL;
 	char *pidfile = NULL;
+	char *retry = NULL;
 	int sig = 0;
 	int nicelevel = 0;
@@ -695,5 +696,5 @@
 
 		case 'R':  /* --retry <schedule>|<timeout> */
-			parse_schedule(optarg, sig);
+			retry = optarg;
 			break;
 
@@ -854,5 +855,7 @@
 		*--argv = exec;
 
-	if (stop || sig) {
+	if (stop || sig != 0) {
+		if (sig == 0)
+			sig = SIGTERM;
 		if (!*argv && !pidfile && !name && !uid)
 			eerrorx("%s: --stop needs --exec, --pidfile,"
@@ -877,4 +880,5 @@
 				" with --background", applet);
 	}
+
 	/* Expand ~ */
 	if (ch_dir && *ch_dir == '~')
@@ -956,14 +960,14 @@
 
 	if (stop || sig) {
-		if (!sig)
+		if (sig == 0)
 			sig = SIGTERM;
 		if (!stop)
 			oknodo = true;
-		if (!TAILQ_FIRST(&schedule)) {
-			if (test || oknodo)
-				parse_schedule("0", sig);
-			else
-				parse_schedule(NULL, sig);
-		}
+		if (retry)
+			parse_schedule(retry, sig);
+		else if (test || oknodo)
+			parse_schedule("0", sig);
+		else
+			parse_schedule(NULL, sig);
 		i = run_stop_schedule(exec, (const char *const *)margv,
 				      pidfile, uid, quiet, verbose, test);