diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev-164/init b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev-164/init
index 1a8fca5..9ce95ee 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev-164/init
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev-164/init
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ LANG=C awk "\$2 == \"/dev\" && \$4 == \"tmpfs\" { exit 1 }" /proc/mounts && {
 }
 
 if [ -e /etc/dev.tar ]; then
-	(cd /; tar xf /etc/dev.tar 2>&1 | grep -v 'time stamp')
+	(cd /; tar xf /etc/dev.tar 2>&1 | grep -v 'time stamp' || true)
 	not_first_boot=1
 fi