diff --git a/dev-debug/dtrace/dtrace-2.0.1.1-r2.ebuild b/dev-debug/dtrace/dtrace-2.0.1.1-r2.ebuild
index 9bda5f2770fef..39af1cb563af1 100644
--- a/dev-debug/dtrace/dtrace-2.0.1.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-debug/dtrace/dtrace-2.0.1.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 			eend $?
 
 			ebegin "Starting DTrace 'dtprobed' service"
-			rc-service start dtprobed
+			rc-service dtprobed start
 			eend $?
 		fi
 	fi
diff --git a/dev-debug/dtrace/dtrace-9999.ebuild b/dev-debug/dtrace/dtrace-9999.ebuild
index a1e12159ab4cd..324953659fa7b 100644
--- a/dev-debug/dtrace/dtrace-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-debug/dtrace/dtrace-9999.ebuild
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 			eend $?
 
 			ebegin "Starting DTrace 'dtprobed' service"
-			rc-service start dtprobed
+			rc-service dtprobed start
 			eend $?
 		fi
 	fi