diff --git a/rc.d/3.testbed.sh.in b/rc.d/3.testbed.sh.in
index 7c20329d59eb6838eab712765eb405c1be2097f6..865b9345ae0c29256f0c571c21112a05ad934e11 100755
--- a/rc.d/3.testbed.sh.in
+++ b/rc.d/3.testbed.sh.in
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ case "$1" in
 			@prefix@/sbin/attend
 		fi
 
-		if /usr/local/bin/mysql monitoring < /dev/null; then
+		if /usr/local/bin/mysql monitoring </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 			if [ -x @prefix@/sbin/protogeni/mondbd ]; then
 			       echo -n " mondbd"
 			       @prefix@/sbin/protogeni/mondbd