--- sysvinit-2.88dsf/src/init.c.wiget	2011-12-03 23:39:16.988206898 +0100
+++ sysvinit-2.88dsf/src/init.c	2011-12-03 23:47:53.761427001 +0100
@@ -911,6 +911,9 @@ void init_freeenv(char **e)
 {
 	int		n;
 
+	if (!e)
+		return;
+
 	for (n = 0; e[n]; n++)
 		free(e[n]);
 	free(e);
@@ -1976,7 +1979,7 @@ void re_exec(void)
 	CHILD		*ch;
 	sigset_t	mask, oldset;
 	pid_t		pid;
-	char		**env;
+	char		**env = 0;
 	int		fd;
 
 	if (strchr("S0123456",runlevel) == NULL)
@@ -2027,8 +2030,13 @@ void re_exec(void)
 	/*
 	 *	The existing init process execs a new init binary.
 	 */
-	env = init_buildenv(0);
-	execle(myname, myname, "--init", NULL, env);
+	if (pid > 0) {
+		/*
+		 *	The existing init process execs a new init binary.
+		 */
+		env = init_buildenv(0);
+		execle(myname, myname, "--init", NULL, env);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 *	We shouldn't be here, something failed.