diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init b/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
index 82a9e744be..1b26d3181a 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ REBOOT=0
   /bin/busybox mount -t devtmpfs none /dev
   /bin/busybox mount -t proc none /proc
 
+# hide kernel log messages on console
+  echo '1 4 1 7' > /proc/sys/kernel/printk
+
 # parse command line arguments
   for arg in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do
     case $arg in