diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/profile.d/runlevel.conf b/packages/sysutils/busybox/profile.d/runlevel.conf
index 16d841da2e..2a65c191a3 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/profile.d/runlevel.conf
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/profile.d/runlevel.conf
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 # getting runlevel
-  MODE="openelec"
+  RUNLEVEL="openelec"
 
   if test "$TEXTMODE" = yes; then
-    MODE="textmode"
+    RUNLEVEL="textmode"
   fi
 
   if test "$INSTALLER" = yes; then
-    MODE="installer"
+    RUNLEVEL="installer"
   fi
 
-export MODE
+export RUNLEVEL
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
index f354d80b90..e81019243c 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
   progress "Starting Init Scripts"
     RET=0
 
-    for script in `ls -1 /etc/init.d/*`; do
-      if grep -q -e "^# runlevels:.*$MODE" $script; then
+    for script in /etc/init.d/*; do
+      if grep -q -e "^# runlevels:.*$RUNLEVEL" $script; then
         . $script
         S_RET=$?
         test $S_RET -ge $RET && RET=$S_RET
diff --git a/packages/x11/xserver/xorg-server/scripts/xorg_start b/packages/x11/xserver/xorg-server/scripts/xorg_start
index e31c9a5c9d..c971eec77c 100755
--- a/packages/x11/xserver/xorg-server/scripts/xorg_start
+++ b/packages/x11/xserver/xorg-server/scripts/xorg_start
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 . /etc/profile
 
-if [ "$MODE" = openelec ]; then
+if [ "$RUNLEVEL" = openelec ]; then
 
   logger -t Xorg "### starting Xorg with driver ${xorg_driver} ###"