diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/01_mount-filesystem b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/01_mount-filesystem
index 09d84f7fdc..fa1c4e8c09 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/01_mount-filesystem
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/01_mount-filesystem
@@ -29,5 +29,7 @@ case $RUNLEVEL in
       mount -n -t ramfs none /var
     ;;
   poweroff|reboot)
+    progress "unmounting filesystems"
+      umount /var
     ;;
 esac