diff --git a/rc.sysinit b/rc.sysinit
index 1ded612..51a1bb5 100755
--- a/rc.sysinit
+++ b/rc.sysinit
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ fi
 status "Mounting Root Read-only" /bin/mount -n -o remount,ro /
 
 FORCEFSCK=
-[ -f /forcefsck ] && FORCEFSCK="-- -f"
+( [ -f /forcefsck ] || [ -n "$forcefsck" ] ) && FORCEFSCK="-- -f"
 NETFS="nonfs,nonfs4,nosmbfs,nocifs,nocodafs,noncpfs,nosysfs,noshfs,nofuse,nofuseblk,noglusterfs"
 
 fsck_reboot() {