diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
index 5d99a429e4..8a22c4a00c 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
@@ -772,8 +772,16 @@
       return 0
     fi
 
-    # remove temporary folder if exist from previous run
-    rm -fr "$UPDATE_DIR/.tmp" &>/dev/null
+    if [ -d $UPDATE_DIR/.tmp ]; then
+      echo "Failed update detected - performing recovery."
+      echo ""
+      do_cleanup
+      StartProgress countdown "Normal startup in 10s... " 10 "NOW"
+      return 0
+    fi
+
+    mkdir -p $UPDATE_DIR/.tmp &>/dev/null
+    sync
 
     echo "UPGRADE IN PROGRESS"
     echo ""
@@ -786,7 +794,6 @@
       echo "Found new .tar archive"
       UPDATE_FILENAME="$UPDATE_TAR"
       StartProgress spinner "Extracting contents of archive... "
-        mkdir -p $UPDATE_DIR/.tmp &>/dev/null
         tar -xf "$UPDATE_TAR" -C $UPDATE_DIR/.tmp 1>/dev/null 2>/tmp/tarresult.txt || TARRESULT="1"
 
       if [ "${TARRESULT}" -eq "0" ]; then