diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
index 7c9d9ca..4dc477b 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@
 		sed -i -e '\@^d root root 0755 /var/volatile/log none$@ a\l root root 0755 /var/log /var/volatile/log' \
 			${D}${sysconfdir}/default/volatiles/00_core
 	fi
+	if [ "${VOLATILE_TMP_DIR}" != "yes" ]; then
+		sed -i -e "/\<tmp\>/d" ${D}${sysconfdir}/default/volatiles/00_core
+	fi
 	install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/dmesg.sh		${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
 	install -m 0644    ${WORKDIR}/logrotate-dmesg.conf ${D}${sysconfdir}/