diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/preinit b/package/base-files/files/etc/preinit
index f7ac0a5a3b..3b2ab74728 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/preinit
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/preinit
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ elif [ -x /sbin/hotplug2 ]; then
 	mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /dev -o size=512K
 	mknod /dev/console c 5 1
 	if [ -n "$INITRAMFS" ]; then
-		/sbin/hotplug2 --coldplug --no-persistent --max_children 1 &
+		/sbin/hotplug2 --coldplug --no-persistent --max_children 1
+		/sbin/hotplug2 --persistent --max_children 1 &
 	else
 		/sbin/hotplug2 --coldplug --set-rules-file /etc/hotplug2-init.rules
 		/sbin/hotplug2 --no-coldplug --persistent --set-rules-file /etc/hotplug2-init.rules &