Index: usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh =================================================================== --- usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh +++ usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh @@ -3036,9 +3036,10 @@ install_from_index INDEX-NEW || return 1 install_delete INDEX-OLD INDEX-NEW || return 1 - # Restart sshd if running (PR263489). Note that this does not - # affect child sshd processes handling existing sessions. - if service sshd status >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then + # Restart host sshd if running (PR263489). Note that this does + # not affect child sshd processes handling existing sessions. + if [ $BASEDIR = / ] && \ + service sshd status >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then echo echo "Restarting sshd after upgrade" service sshd restart