diff --git a/redhat/quagga.spec.in b/redhat/quagga.spec.in
index b22ebc5..e45ec1f 100644
--- a/redhat/quagga.spec.in
+++ b/redhat/quagga.spec.in
@@ -306,8 +306,9 @@
 			/etc/rc.d/init.d/$daemon start >/dev/null 2>&1
 	done
 	# Start watchquagga last.
+	# Avoid postun scriptlet error if watchquagga is not running. 
 	[ "$running_watchquagga" = yes ] && \
-		/etc/rc.d/init.d/watchquagga start >/dev/null 2>&1
+		/etc/rc.d/init.d/watchquagga start >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
 fi
 
 %preun