diff --git a/pkg/kamailio/centos/7/kamailio.service b/pkg/kamailio/centos/7/kamailio.service
index bde86081377..1117e41608e 100644
--- a/pkg/kamailio/centos/7/kamailio.service
+++ b/pkg/kamailio/centos/7/kamailio.service
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PIDFile=/run/kamailio/kamailio.pid
 # ExecStart requires a full absolute path
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/kamailio -P /run/kamailio/kamailio.pid -f $CFGFILE -m $SHM_MEMORY -M $PKG_MEMORY
 ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/rm -f /run/kamailio/kamailio.pid
-Restart=on-abort
+Restart=on-failure
 User=kamailio
 Group=daemon
 ; For each TCP or TLS endpoint connection is requred file descriptor
diff --git a/pkg/kamailio/fedora/17/kamailio.service b/pkg/kamailio/fedora/17/kamailio.service
index 4b2039b8184..61457e5fd67 100644
--- a/pkg/kamailio/fedora/17/kamailio.service
+++ b/pkg/kamailio/fedora/17/kamailio.service
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/kamailio
 PIDFile=/var/run/kamailio.pid
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/kamailio -P /var/run/kamailio.pid $OPTIONS
 ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/rm -f /var/run/kamailio.pid
-Restart=on-abort
+Restart=on-failure
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target