diff --git a/components/engine/contrib/init/sysvinit-redhat/docker b/components/engine/contrib/init/sysvinit-redhat/docker
index d51e2f8ba1..d2ae75fc11 100755
--- a/components/engine/contrib/init/sysvinit-redhat/docker
+++ b/components/engine/contrib/init/sysvinit-redhat/docker
@@ -58,7 +58,13 @@ start() {
         while [ ! -f $pidfile -a $tries -lt 10 ]; do
             sleep 1
             tries=$((tries + 1))
+            echo -n '.'
         done
+        if [ ! -f $pidfile ]; then
+          failure
+          echo
+          exit 1
+        fi
         success
         echo
     else