diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/preinit b/package/base-files/files/etc/preinit
index 588db8ede9f7660680dcef4414a63d39fcb6e006..c60a0f850f6e7f8e57b0dad94fc95732f1d6bbc0 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/preinit
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/preinit
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
 export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
-export HOME=/tmp
 [ -e /etc/preinit.arch ] && . /etc/preinit.arch
 mount_root ${FAILSAFE:+failsafe}
 exec /sbin/init
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/profile b/package/base-files/files/etc/profile
index c5d7e025804b63ae2c8eb80246441ebf3b201de6..001fb2062b85fed7491f414a987303e86cb5ef24 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/profile
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/profile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 [ -f /etc/banner ] && cat /etc/banner
 
 export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
+export HOME=/tmp
 export PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ '
 
 alias more=less