diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsbinitscripts/0001-functions-avoid-exit-1-which-causes-init-scripts-to-.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsbinitscripts/0001-functions-avoid-exit-1-which-causes-init-scripts-to-.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0809c9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsbinitscripts/0001-functions-avoid-exit-1-which-causes-init-scripts-to-.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Subject: functions: avoid exit 1 which causes init scripts to fail
+
+Signed-off-by: Chen Qi <Qi.Chen@windriver.com>
+---
+ rc.d/init.d/functions | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/rc.d/init.d/functions b/rc.d/init.d/functions
+index 6850046..11223f7 100644
+--- a/rc.d/init.d/functions
++++ b/rc.d/init.d/functions
+@@ -597,5 +597,5 @@ if [ "$_use_systemctl" = "1" ]; then
+ 	fi
+ fi
+ 
+-strstr "$(cat /proc/cmdline)" "rc.debug" && set -x
++strstr "$(cat /proc/cmdline)" "rc.debug" && set -x || true
+ 
+-- 
+2.1.0
+