diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 0bc3317892..072b7c399c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@
  * Cleanup and improvements to IndexInfo/ColumnIndex (CASSANDRA-15469)
  * Potential Overflow in DatabaseDescriptor Functions That Convert Between KB/MB & Bytes (CASSANDRA-15470)
 Merged from 3.0:
-* Run evictFromMembership in GossipStage (CASSANDRA-15592)
+ * Run evictFromMembership in GossipStage (CASSANDRA-15592)
 Merged from 2.2:
-* Allow EXTRA_CLASSPATH to work on tar/source installations (CASSANDRA-15567)
+ * Fix Red Hat init script on newer systemd versions (CASSANDRA-15273)
+ * Allow EXTRA_CLASSPATH to work on tar/source installations (CASSANDRA-15567)
 
 4.0-alpha3
  * Restore monotonic read consistency guarantees for blocking read repair (CASSANDRA-14740)
diff --git a/redhat/cassandra b/redhat/cassandra
index 677ff8c7ff..97a0447435 100644
--- a/redhat/cassandra
+++ b/redhat/cassandra
@@ -69,15 +69,16 @@ case "$1" in
         echo -n "Starting Cassandra: "
         [ -d `dirname "$pid_file"` ] || \
             install -m 755 -o $CASSANDRA_OWNR -g $CASSANDRA_OWNR -d `dirname $pid_file`
-        su $CASSANDRA_OWNR -c "$CASSANDRA_PROG -p $pid_file" > $log_file 2>&1
+        runuser -u $CASSANDRA_OWNR -- $CASSANDRA_PROG -p $pid_file > $log_file 2>&1
         retval=$?
+        chown root.root $pid_file
         [ $retval -eq 0 ] && touch $lock_file
         echo "OK"
         ;;
     stop)
         # Cassandra shutdown
         echo -n "Shutdown Cassandra: "
-        su $CASSANDRA_OWNR -c "kill `cat $pid_file`"
+        runuser -u $CASSANDRA_OWNR -- kill `cat $pid_file`
         retval=$?
         [ $retval -eq 0 ] && rm -f $lock_file
         for t in `seq 40`; do