diff --git a/cmd/cli/cli.go b/cmd/cli/cli.go
index da9d8c9..986e069 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/cli.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/cli.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ var (
 	v                    = viper.NewWithOptions(viper.KeyDelimiter("::"))
 	defaultConfigFile    = "ctrld.toml"
 	rootCertPool         *x509.CertPool
-	errSelfCheckNoAnswer = errors.New("No response from ctrld listener. You can try to re-launch with flag --skip_self_checks")
+	errSelfCheckNoAnswer = errors.New("no response from ctrld listener. You can try to re-launch with flag --skip_self_checks")
 )
 
 var basicModeFlags = []string{"listen", "primary_upstream", "secondary_upstream", "domains"}
diff --git a/cmd/cli/service.go b/cmd/cli/service.go
index 82f144c..0567b88 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/service.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/service.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kardianos/service"
 
 	"github.com/Control-D-Inc/ctrld/internal/router"
+	"github.com/Control-D-Inc/ctrld/internal/router/openwrt"
 )
 
 // newService wraps service.New call to return service.Service
@@ -188,6 +189,13 @@ func checkHasElevatedPrivilege() {
 func unixSystemVServiceStatus() (service.Status, error) {
 	out, err := exec.Command("/etc/init.d/ctrld", "status").CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
+		// Specific case for openwrt >= 24.10, it returns non-success code
+		// for above status command, which may not right.
+		if router.Name() == openwrt.Name {
+			if string(bytes.ToLower(bytes.TrimSpace(out))) == "inactive" {
+				return service.StatusStopped, nil
+			}
+		}
 		return service.StatusUnknown, nil
 	}