diff --git a/target/device/Atmel/atstk1002/target_skeleton/etc/init.d/rcS b/target/device/Atmel/atstk1002/target_skeleton/etc/init.d/rcS
index 0d574e67b0..a8ea85cdc8 100755
--- a/target/device/Atmel/atstk1002/target_skeleton/etc/init.d/rcS
+++ b/target/device/Atmel/atstk1002/target_skeleton/etc/init.d/rcS
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 for s in /etc/init.d/S*; do
-	$s start
+	if [ -x $s ]; then
+		$s start
+	fi
 done
 
 echo