diff --git a/src/eitd/sectionsd.cpp b/src/eitd/sectionsd.cpp
index 6ea2137cf..67c2d73e7 100644
--- a/src/eitd/sectionsd.cpp
+++ b/src/eitd/sectionsd.cpp
@@ -2110,7 +2110,7 @@ bool CEitManager::Start()
 	max_events = config.epg_max_events;
 
 	if (access("/sbin/ntpdate", F_OK))
-		ntp_system_cmd_prefix = "/sbin/ntpd -q -p ";
+		ntp_system_cmd_prefix = "/sbin/ntpd -n -q -p ";
 
 	printf("[sectionsd] Caching: %d days, %d hours Extended Text, max %d events, Events are old %d hours after end time\n",
 		config.epg_cache, config.epg_extendedcache, config.epg_max_events, config.epg_old_events);