diff --git a/tools/auto-qa b/tools/auto-qa
index 09b2fec4..a4e07c52 100755
--- a/tools/auto-qa
+++ b/tools/auto-qa
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ _sudo()
 
 _restart()
 {
-    exec $ROOT/su -c "shutdown -r 2 \"auto-qa rebooting\" &" < /dev/null
+    exec $ROOT/su -c "(shutdown -r 2 \"auto-qa rebooting\" ; reboot )&" < /dev/null
 }
 
 _update_autoqa_file()