diff --git a/checkrestart b/checkrestart
index a8cd2ec..1f42963 100755
--- a/checkrestart
+++ b/checkrestart
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
              location = os.path.join(d, sd, cmd)
              if os.path.exists(location):
                  return location
-     return 1
+     return False
 
 def checksystemd():
 # Check if systemd is installed in the system
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5921173..5770fc2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
   * Remove trailing blank line from debian/changelog.
   * Bump debhelper compatibility level to 11.
     + Update versioned debhelper build-dependency accordingly.
+  * checkrestart: Fix logic error resulting in trying to call lsof even if
+    it wasn't found. (Closes: #888276)
 
   [ Paul Wise ]
   * find-dbgsym-packages: