1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/mountnfs.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/mountnfs.sh
index fe6c19605f..be9f5970fa 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/mountnfs.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/mountnfs.sh
@@ -67,9 +67,12 @@ if test "$rpcbind" = yes
 then
         if test -x /usr/sbin/rpcbind
         then
-                echo -n "Starting rpcbind... "
-                start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/rpcbind
-                sleep 2
+                service rpcbind status > /dev/null
+                if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+                        echo -n "Starting rpcbind..."
+                        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/rpcbind
+                        sleep 2
+                fi
         fi
 fi