diff --git a/sh.Linux/init.sh b/sh.Linux/init.sh
index 1be9b4af..631b6c4a 100755
--- a/sh.Linux/init.sh
+++ b/sh.Linux/init.sh
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ mount_svcdir()
 # Compat shim for udev
 rc_coldplug=${rc_coldplug:-${RC_COLDPLUG:-yes}}
 if yesno "${rc_coldplug}"; then
-	RC_COLDPLUG=yes
+	RC_COLDPLUG=YES
 else
-	RC_COLDPLUG=no
+	RC_COLDPLUG=NO
 fi
 
 # Set the console loglevel to 1 for a cleaner boot
diff --git a/src/rc/rc.c b/src/rc/rc.c
index 8a000bdb..e6884154 100644
--- a/src/rc/rc.c
+++ b/src/rc/rc.c
@@ -839,6 +839,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 				continue;
 
 			if (rc_service_exists (d->d_name) &&
+			    rc_conf_yesno ("rc_coldplug") &&
 			    service_plugable (d->d_name))
 				rc_service_mark (d->d_name, RC_SERVICE_COLDPLUGGED);