diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
index c1dd1036d4..b8835e6f20 100755
--- a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@
         ;;
       boot=*)
         boot="${arg#*=}"
+        case $boot in
+          CIFS=*|SMB=*|ISCSI=*|NBD=*|NFS=*)
+            UPDATE_DISABLED=yes
+            ;;
+        esac
         ;;
       disk=*)
         disk="${arg#*=}"
@@ -456,6 +461,13 @@
       fi
 
     if [ -f "$UPDATE_DIR/$UPDATE_KERNEL" -a -f "$UPDATE_DIR/$UPDATE_SYSTEM" ] ; then
+      if [ "$UPDATE_DISABLED" = "yes" ] ; then
+        rm -rf $UPDATE_DIR/[0-9a-zA-Z]* &>/dev/null
+        echo "Updating not supported on netboot. normal startup in 10s..."
+        sync
+        usleep 10000000
+        return 0
+      fi
       if [ -f "$UPDATE_DIR/.nocheck" ] ; then
         MD5_NOCHECK="1"
       fi
@@ -568,6 +580,10 @@
   /bin/busybox mount --move /proc /sysroot/proc
   /bin/busybox mount --move /sys /sysroot/sys
 
+# tell OE settings addon to disable updates
+  if [ "$UPDATE_DISABLED" = "yes" ] ; then
+    echo "" > /sysroot/dev/.update_disabled
+  fi
 # switch to new sysroot and start real init
   exec /bin/busybox switch_root /sysroot /lib/systemd/systemd $INIT_ARGS