diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S00datapart b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S00datapart
index 603bc6fd7b..f31fae8b21 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S00datapart
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S00datapart
@@ -70,5 +70,5 @@ case "$1" in
         exit 1
 esac
 
-exit $?
-
+# always exit with a successful status
+exit 0