diff --git a/freeradius-logrotate b/freeradius-logrotate
index fa39fae..1c3c5b9 100644
--- a/freeradius-logrotate
+++ b/freeradius-logrotate
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 	missingok
 	compress
 	postrotate
-		/usr/bin/systemctl reload radiusd
+		/usr/bin/systemctl reload-or-try-restart radiusd
 	endscript
 }
 
diff --git a/freeradius.spec b/freeradius.spec
index 2a553dd..47fc6b0 100644
--- a/freeradius.spec
+++ b/freeradius.spec
@@ -796,6 +796,7 @@ exit 0
 
 %changelog
 * Tue Feb 21 2017 Nikolai Kondrashov <Nikolai.Kondrashov@redhat.com> - 3.0.12-3
+- Do not fail logrotate if radiusd is not running.
 
 * Mon Feb 20 2017 Nikolai Kondrashov <Nikolai.Kondrashov@redhat.com> - 3.0.12-2
 - Fix three cases of comparing pointers to zero characters