diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot b/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot
index c644b2fec2d9ccf0c817fffbcc0eea84e65df08c..0d7e11ceddb051f27bb7bf5da12cafd3201d204a 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ start() {
 	for iface in $(awk -F: '/:/ {print $1}' /proc/net/dev); do
 		/usr/bin/env -i ACTION=add INTERFACE="$iface" /sbin/hotplug-call net
 	done
-
-	/sbin/hotplug2 --persistent &
+	
+	/sbin/hotplug2 --persistent --max-children 1 &
 	echo /sbin/hotplug-call > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
 
 	load_modules /etc/modules.d/*
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/sbin/mount_root b/package/base-files/files/sbin/mount_root
index 7b89e8f3f69c7115ab0bfc5bdc2dfac79392130b..80078b51647ffd4404227e85c6e301a22de086cb 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/sbin/mount_root
+++ b/package/base-files/files/sbin/mount_root
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ else
 	mknod /dev/console c 5 1
 	exec >/dev/console </dev/console 2>&1
 	mkdir /dev/shm
-	/sbin/hotplug2 --no-persistent --coldplug --max-children 3
+	/sbin/hotplug2 --no-persistent --coldplug --max-children 1
 fi
 mkdir -p /dev/pts
 mount none /dev/pts -t devpts
diff --git a/target/linux/brcm-2.4/base-files/default/etc/preinit b/target/linux/brcm-2.4/base-files/default/etc/preinit
index 312cac5076ff15ce783c4b507a82942865c633e0..11d93427963a1d2f3c80d18f74defe0aa7f5b3cf 100755
--- a/target/linux/brcm-2.4/base-files/default/etc/preinit
+++ b/target/linux/brcm-2.4/base-files/default/etc/preinit
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ else
 	mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /dev -o size=512K
 	mknod /dev/console c 5 1
 	mkdir /dev/shm
-	/sbin/hotplug2 --no-persistent --coldplug
+	/sbin/hotplug2 --no-persistent --coldplug --max_children 1
 	M0=/dev/ptmx
 	M1=/dev/ptmx
 fi
diff --git a/target/linux/generic-2.6/files/init b/target/linux/generic-2.6/files/init
index af397d9abbc72d700dbc69cbfb44d8309a1abc35..9f595c0f9534c1ffe74d0d42478b92a0a15f0fd0 100755
--- a/target/linux/generic-2.6/files/init
+++ b/target/linux/generic-2.6/files/init
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ else
 	mknod /dev/console c 5 1
 	mkdir /dev/pts
 	mkdir /dev/shm
-	/sbin/hotplug2 --no-persistent --coldplug
+	/sbin/hotplug2 --no-persistent --coldplug --max_children 1
 fi
 
 mount none /dev/pts -t devpts