diff --git a/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh b/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
index 8742dbfc6b..1813fd1240 100755
--- a/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
+++ b/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
@@ -168,7 +168,20 @@ apply_cfgfile() {
 
   }
 
-if test -e /etc/volatile.cache -a "$VOLATILE_ENABLE_CACHE" = "yes" -a "x$1" != "xupdate"
+clearcache=0
+exec 9</proc/cmdline
+while read line <&9
+do
+	case "$line" in
+		*clearcache*)  clearcache=1
+			       ;;
+		*)	       continue
+			       ;;
+	esac
+done
+exec 9>&-
+
+if test -e /etc/volatile.cache -a "$VOLATILE_ENABLE_CACHE" = "yes" -a "x$1" != "xupdate" -a "x$clearcache" = "x0"
 then
 	sh /etc/volatile.cache
 else	
diff --git a/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb b/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
index 20503e1c6a..0d79b53a8c 100644
--- a/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PRIORITY = "required"
 DEPENDS = "makedevs"
 RDEPENDS = "makedevs"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
-PR = "r121"
+PR = "r122"
 
 SRC_URI = "file://functions \
            file://halt \