diff --git a/poky/meta/files/overlayfs-etc-preinit.sh.in b/poky/meta/files/overlayfs-etc-preinit.sh.in
index 8db076f..b05e395 100644
--- a/poky/meta/files/overlayfs-etc-preinit.sh.in
+++ b/poky/meta/files/overlayfs-etc-preinit.sh.in
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@
 echo "PREINIT: Start"
 
 PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
-mount -o remount,rw /
+if {CREATE_MOUNT_DIRS}; then
+    mount -o remount,rw /
 
-mkdir -p /proc
-mkdir -p /sys
-mkdir -p /run
-mkdir -p /var/run
+    mkdir -p /proc
+    mkdir -p /sys
+    mkdir -p /run
+    mkdir -p /var/run
+    mkdir -p {OVERLAYFS_ETC_MOUNT_POINT}
+fi
 
 mount -t proc proc /proc
 mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys
@@ -20,7 +23,6 @@
 WORK_DIR=$BASE_OVERLAY_ETC_DIR/work
 LOWER_DIR=$BASE_OVERLAY_ETC_DIR/lower
 
-mkdir -p {OVERLAYFS_ETC_MOUNT_POINT}
 if mount -n -t {OVERLAYFS_ETC_FSTYPE} \
     -o {OVERLAYFS_ETC_MOUNT_OPTIONS} \
     {OVERLAYFS_ETC_DEVICE} {OVERLAYFS_ETC_MOUNT_POINT}