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
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsbinitscripts/functions.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsbinitscripts/functions.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a756d04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsbinitscripts/functions.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [configuration]
+
+Signed-off-by: Xiaofeng Yan <xiaofeng.yan@windriver.com>
+Signed-off-by: Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com>
+
+Index: initscripts-9.43/rc.d/init.d/functions
+===================================================================
+--- initscripts-9.43.orig/rc.d/init.d/functions
++++ initscripts-9.43/rc.d/init.d/functions
+@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ umask 022
+ PATH="/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin"
+ export PATH
+ 
++
+ if [ $PPID -ne 1 -a -z "$SYSTEMCTL_SKIP_REDIRECT" ] && \
+ 		( /bin/mountpoint -q /cgroup/systemd || /bin/mountpoint -q /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd ) ; then
+         case "$0" in
+@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ systemctl_redirect () {
+ [ -z "${COLUMNS:-}" ] && COLUMNS=80
+ 
+ if [ -z "${CONSOLETYPE:-}" ]; then
+-  if [ -c "/dev/stderr" -a -r "/dev/stderr" ]; then
++  if [ -c "/dev/stderr" -a -r "/dev/stderr" -a -e /sbin/consoletype ]; then
+     CONSOLETYPE="$(/sbin/consoletype < /dev/stderr 2>/dev/null)"
+   else
+     CONSOLETYPE="serial"