diff --git a/init.d/hwclock.in b/init.d/hwclock.in
index 040d84a0..f673d35f 100644
--- a/init.d/hwclock.in
+++ b/init.d/hwclock.in
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ _hwclock()
 
 start()
 {
-	yesno $clock_hctosys || return 0
 	local retval=0 errstr=""
 	setupopts
 
@@ -95,7 +94,11 @@ start()
 		"$utc_cmd}" != --utc -o \
 		-n "$clock_args" ];
 	then
-		_hwclock --hctosys $utc_cmd $clock_args
+		if yesno $clock_hctosys; then
+			_hwclock --hctosys $utc_cmd $clock_args
+		else
+			_hwclock --systz $utc_cmd $clock_args
+		fi
 		retval=$(($retval + $?))
 	fi