diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
index 4a99aff6a4..d2175d7a7c 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ mk_dir() {
 	[ -e "$1" ] && {
 	  [ "${VERBOSE}" != "no" ] && echo "Target already exists. Skipping."
 	} || {
-	  eval $EXEC &
+	  eval $EXEC
 	}
 }
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ apply_cfgfile() {
             create_file "${TNAME}" &
 	    ;;
       "d")  [ "${VERBOSE}" != "no" ] && echo "Creating directory -${TNAME}-."
-            mk_dir "${TNAME}" &
+            mk_dir "${TNAME}"
 	    # Add check to see if there's an entry in fstab to mount.
 	    ;;
       *)    [ "${VERBOSE}" != "no" ] && echo "Invalid type -${TTYPE}-."
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
index 1d80c55b28..b741b61f37 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "Initscripts provide the basic system startup initialization scrip
 SECTION = "base"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe"
-PR = "r135"
+PR = "r136"
 
 INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"