diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit/rc b/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit/rc
index 655a0b067c..1f400d9e55 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit/rc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit/rc
@@ -174,6 +174,6 @@ startup() {
 if [ "x$runlevel" != "xS" ] && [ ! -x /etc/rc${runlevel}.d/S??xserver-nodm ]; then
     if type psplash-write >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         TMPDIR=/mnt/.psplash psplash-write "QUIT" || true
-    	umount /mnt/.psplash
+    	umount -l /mnt/.psplash
     fi
 fi