diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
index 56e8403d44..69170c6986 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
@@ -779,8 +779,16 @@
       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 ""
@@ -793,7 +801,6 @@
       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