diff --git a/package/sysvinit/inittab b/package/sysvinit/inittab
index 2ca253ad6c..a31471031f 100644
--- a/package/sysvinit/inittab
+++ b/package/sysvinit/inittab
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ id:3:initdefault:
 si0::sysinit:/bin/mount -t proc proc /proc
 si1::sysinit:/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
 si2::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts /dev/shm
-si4::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
+si3::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
+si4::sysinit:/sbin/swapon -a
 si5::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd /dev/fd 2>/dev/null
 si6::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/0 /dev/stdin 2>/dev/null
 si7::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/1 /dev/stdout 2>/dev/null