1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/functions b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/functions
index c1eac3efda..dd7da2b1c3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/functions
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/functions
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ pidofproc () {
 
         # pidof output null when no program is running, so no "2>/dev/null".
         pid=`pidof $1`
-        case $? in
+        status=$?
+        case $status in
         0)
                 echo $pid
                 return 0
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ pidofproc () {
                 exit 127
                 ;;
         *)
-                return $?
+                return $status
                 ;;
         esac
 }