diff --git a/src/warden-server/bin/wardend b/src/warden-server/bin/wardend
index 5ee238793b61f7ac9fef958cf45153751b276c8a..e7107cf292d12489ba1ce4a44007109e222d5d22 100755
--- a/src/warden-server/bin/wardend
+++ b/src/warden-server/bin/wardend
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ usage() {
 }
 
 check_status() {
-	/bin/ps axo pid,comm | grep -q "warden-serv*"; RET_VAL=`echo $?`
-	if [ $RET_VAL -eq 0 ]; then
+	if /bin/ps axo pid,comm | grep -q "warden-serv*"; then
 		STATUS=1	# true  - warden is running
 	else
 		STATUS=0	# false - warden is not running