1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
index 5b86e798b6..4f76cb4b28 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ fi
 # Set the system clock from hardware clock
 # If the timestamp is more recent than the current time,
 # use the timestamp instead.
-/etc/init.d/hwclock.sh start
+test -x /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh && /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh start
 if test -e /etc/timestamp
 then
         SYSTEMDATE=`date -u +%4Y%2m%2d%2H%2M`
         read TIMESTAMP < /etc/timestamp
         if [ ${TIMESTAMP} -gt $SYSTEMDATE ]; then
                 date -u ${TIMESTAMP#????}${TIMESTAMP%????????}
-                /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh stop
+                test -x /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh && /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh stop
         fi
 fi
 : exit 0