diff --git a/packages/sysutils/hal/init.d/05_haldaemon b/packages/sysutils/hal/init.d/05_haldaemon
index 1c862d6ad2..1c74e607b5 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/hal/init.d/05_haldaemon
+++ b/packages/sysutils/hal/init.d/05_haldaemon
@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@
 #
 # runlevels: openelec, text, debug
 
-. /etc/sysconfig
+(
+  . /etc/sysconfig
 
-progress "Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer"
+  progress "Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer"
 
   mkdir -p /var/cache/hald
   mkdir -p /var/run/dbus/hald-local
   mkdir -p /var/run/dbus/hald-runner
 
-  hald --verbose=yes --daemon=yes --use-syslog &
+  hald --verbose=yes --daemon=yes --use-syslog
+)&
 
 exit 0
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