diff --git a/debian/ngcp-panel.postinst b/debian/ngcp-panel.postinst
index 287036cf2f..a4ad834060 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-panel.postinst
+++ b/debian/ngcp-panel.postinst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ a2ensite ngcp-panel
 
 # reload perl and/or apache modules
 if [ -x /etc/init.d/apache2 ] ; then
-  /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
+  /etc/init.d/apache2 restart || true
 fi
 
 exit 0