3 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/checkroot.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/checkroot.sh
index dfee2afaad..02f0351fcb 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/checkroot.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/checkroot.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ fi
 # before fsck, since fsck can be quite memory-hungry.
 #
 test "$VERBOSE" != no && echo "Activating swap"
-swapon -a 2> /dev/null
+[ -x /sbin/swapon ] && swapon -a
 
 #
 # Check the root filesystem.
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/mountall.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/mountall.sh
index 94bae420c0..c719be5d9a 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/mountall.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/mountall.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ kill -USR1 1
 # Execute swapon command again, in case we want to swap to
 # a file on a now mounted filesystem.
 #
-swapon -a 2> /dev/null
+[ -x /sbin/swapon ] && swapon -a
 
 : exit 0
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/umountfs b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/umountfs
index 61324c630b..7fb5c58b3e 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/umountfs
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/umountfs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
 
 echo "Deactivating swap..."
-swapoff -a
+[ -x /sbin/swapoff ] && swapoff -a
 
 # We leave /proc mounted.
 echo "Unmounting local filesystems..."