diff --git a/src/mod_offline.erl b/src/mod_offline.erl
index b0582bc20..ed3457616 100644
--- a/src/mod_offline.erl
+++ b/src/mod_offline.erl
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ start_link(Host, Opts) ->
 start(Host, Opts) ->
     Proc = gen_mod:get_module_proc(Host, ?PROCNAME),
     ChildSpec = {Proc, {?MODULE, start_link, [Host, Opts]},
-		 temporary, 1000, worker, [?MODULE]},
+		 transient, 1000, worker, [?MODULE]},
     supervisor:start_child(ejabberd_sup, ChildSpec).
 
 stop(Host) ->