diff --git a/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php b/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php
index 92b1e82a2f..49f8de3c99 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ class CronHelper {
     $result = self::queryCronUrl($url);
     if (is_wp_error($result)) return $result->get_error_message();
     $response = WPFunctions::wpRemoteRetrieveBody($result);
+    $response = substr(trim($response), -strlen(Daemon::PING_SUCCESS_RESPONSE)) === Daemon::PING_SUCCESS_RESPONSE ?
+      Daemon::PING_SUCCESS_RESPONSE :
+      $response;
     return (!$validate_response) ?
       $response :
       $response === Daemon::PING_SUCCESS_RESPONSE;