diff --git a/modules/jsonrpc-c/jsonrpc_mod.c b/modules/jsonrpc-c/jsonrpc_mod.c
index f462a1457b0..39d881975a6 100644
--- a/modules/jsonrpc-c/jsonrpc_mod.c
+++ b/modules/jsonrpc-c/jsonrpc_mod.c
@@ -115,15 +115,15 @@ static int mod_init(void) {
 		LM_ERR("pipe() failed\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	
+
 	return(0);
 }
 
-static int child_init(int rank) 
+static int child_init(int rank)
 {
 	int pid;
-	
-	if (rank>PROC_MAIN)
+
+	if (rank!=PROC_INIT)
 		cmd_pipe = pipe_fds[1];
 
 	if (rank!=PROC_MAIN)