diff --git a/ypbind.init b/ypbind.init
index f7225d5..e1fb7d8 100755
--- a/ypbind.init
+++ b/ypbind.init
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ start() {
 	    initlog -n ypbind -s "bound to NIS server `ypwhich 2> /dev/null`"
 	    touch /var/lock/subsys/ypbind
 	else
-	    failure "attempting to contact yp server"
 	    killproc ypbind
 	    # if  we used brute force (like kill -9) we don't want those around
 	    if [ x$(domainname) != x ] ; then
 		rm -f /var/yp/binding/$(domainname)*
 	    fi
+	    failure "attempting to contact yp server"
 	fi
 	echo
 	return $RETVAL
diff --git a/ypbind.spec b/ypbind.spec
index abd229c..cc17cd7 100644
--- a/ypbind.spec
+++ b/ypbind.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: The NIS daemon which binds NIS clients to an NIS domain.
 Name: ypbind
 Version: 1.10
-Release: 6
+Release: 7
 Copyright: GPL
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
 Source0: ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/NIS/ypbind-mt-%{PACKAGE_VERSION}.tar.bz2
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ exit 0
 %doc README NEWS
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 25 2002 Alex Larsson <alexl@redhat.com> 1.10-7
+- Get failure message right in init script (#37463 again)
+
 * Mon Mar 25 2002 Alex Larsson <alexl@redhat.com> 1.10-6
 - Fix bugs in initscript. Should fix #37463 and #61857