1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
index 3b5a47fcdd..5211824ade 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ if [ -f "${SYSCTL_CONF}" ]
 then
         if [ -x "/sbin/sysctl" ]
         then
-                /sbin/sysctl -p "${SYSCTL_CONF}"
+                # busybox sysctl does not support -q
+                VERBOSE_REDIR="1>/dev/null"
+                if [ "${VERBOSE}" != "no" ]; then
+                        VERBOSE_REDIR="1>&1"
+                fi
+                eval /sbin/sysctl -p "${SYSCTL_CONF}" $VERBOSE_REDIR
         else
                 echo "To have ${SYSCTL_CONF} applied during boot, install package <procps>."
         fi