diff --git a/init.d/localmount.in b/init.d/localmount.in
index 54448892..42b79883 100644
--- a/init.d/localmount.in
+++ b/init.d/localmount.in
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ stop()
 	no_umounts_r="^($no_umounts_r)$"
 
 	# Flush all pending disk writes now
-	sync; sync
+	sync
 
 	. "$RC_LIBEXECDIR"/sh/rc-mount.sh
 
diff --git a/init.d/mount-ro.in b/init.d/mount-ro.in
index f8d72586..3e093522 100644
--- a/init.d/mount-ro.in
+++ b/init.d/mount-ro.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ start()
 	local ret=0
 
 	# Flush all pending disk writes now
-	sync; sync
+	sync
 
 	ebegin "Remounting remaining filesystems read-only"
 	# We need the do_unmount function