diff --git a/debian/freeswitch-sysvinit.freeswitch.default b/debian/freeswitch-sysvinit.freeswitch.default
index 1c939b55d0..7520450623 100644
--- a/debian/freeswitch-sysvinit.freeswitch.default
+++ b/debian/freeswitch-sysvinit.freeswitch.default
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # /etc/default/freeswitch
-DAEMON_OPTS=""
+DAEMON_OPTS="-rp -nonat"
diff --git a/debian/freeswitch-sysvinit.freeswitch.init b/debian/freeswitch-sysvinit.freeswitch.init
index 5f8b028bcc..fa633b1c8c 100644
--- a/debian/freeswitch-sysvinit.freeswitch.init
+++ b/debian/freeswitch-sysvinit.freeswitch.init
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
 DESC=freeswitch
 NAME=freeswitch
 DAEMON=/usr/bin/freeswitch
-DAEMON_ARGS="-u freeswitch -g freeswitch -rp -nc -nonat"
+DAEMON_ARGS="-u freeswitch -g freeswitch -nc"
 USER=freeswitch
 GROUP=freeswitch
 RUNDIR=/var/run/$NAME