diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/07_sysctl b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/07_sysctl
index 9d0503b25c..9fb31fcb84 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/07_sysctl
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/07_sysctl
@@ -24,16 +24,6 @@
 
 progress "setup sysctl"
 
-  ########################################################################
-  ## set sysctl kernel params
-  ## proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes:
-  ## The free area is primarily useful to give the kernel enough memory
-  ## to act in situations where the swapper suddenly has to do a lot of work.
-  ## In other situations, you can make things worse, since you are
-  ## effectively giving less memory for applications.
-  ########################################################################
-  echo 16384 > /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes
-
   if [ -f /etc/sysctl.conf ]; then
     sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf  > /dev/null 2>&1 &
   fi
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/sysctl.d/memory.conf b/packages/sysutils/busybox/sysctl.d/memory.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2ccb5ba4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/sysctl.d/memory.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+vm.min_free_kbytes=16384