diff --git a/net/xinetd/Makefile b/net/xinetd/Makefile
index ef44d93ce..99b576121 100644
--- a/net/xinetd/Makefile
+++ b/net/xinetd/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=xinetd
 PKG_VERSION:=2.3.15
-PKG_RELEASE:=11
+PKG_RELEASE:=12
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/xinetd-org/xinetd/archive
diff --git a/net/xinetd/files/xinetd.init b/net/xinetd/files/xinetd.init
index bfc9b318d..699d6fa58 100644
--- a/net/xinetd/files/xinetd.init
+++ b/net/xinetd/files/xinetd.init
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ config_cb() {
 	fi
 
 	local type="$1"
-	local name="$2"
+	local name="$(uci -q get xinetd.$2.name || echo $2)"
 
 	if [ "$type" = "service" ]; then
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ config_cb() {
 			local option="$1"
 			local value="$2"
 
-			[ -n "$value" ] && echo -e "\t$option = $value" >> $GENERATED_CONF_FILE
+			[ -n "$value" ] && [ "$option" != "name" ] && echo -e "\t$option = $value" >> $GENERATED_CONF_FILE
 		}
 
 		# redefined callback for lists when calling config_load