1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass b/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass
index dfef2a2fd6..348f3c0962 100644
--- a/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ fi
 }
 
 updatercd_prerm() {
-if [ -z "$D" ]; then
+if [ -z "$D" -a -x "${INIT_D_DIR}/${INITSCRIPT_NAME}" ]; then
         ${INIT_D_DIR}/${INITSCRIPT_NAME} stop
 fi
 }