diff --git a/src/services.js b/src/services.js
index 7112937d4..eff607822 100644
--- a/src/services.js
+++ b/src/services.js
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ async function startGraphite(existingInfra, serviceConfig) {
     await shell.promises.exec('startGraphite', cmd);
 
     // restart collectd to get the disk stats after graphite starts. currently, there is no way to do graphite health check
-    setTimeout(async () => await safe(shell.sudo('restartcollectd', [ RESTART_SERVICE_CMD, 'collectd' ], {})), 60000);
+    setTimeout(async () => await safe(shell.promises.sudo('restartcollectd', [ RESTART_SERVICE_CMD, 'collectd' ], {})), 60000);
 }
 
 async function setupProxyAuth(app, options) {