1 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/rc.sysinit b/rc.sysinit
index b285cc7..e18456e 100755
--- a/rc.sysinit
+++ b/rc.sysinit
@@ -3,9 +3,18 @@
 # /etc/rc.sysinit
 #
 
+unset HOSTNAME
+
 . /etc/rc.conf
 . /etc/rc.d/functions
 
+if [[ $HOSTNAME ]]; then
+	print_depr "HOSTNAME=" "rc.conf(5) and hostname(5)"
+fi
+if [[ -s /etc/hostname ]]; then
+	HOSTNAME=$(< /etc/hostname)
+fi
+
 # don't let all the systemd tools be too verbose
 export SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL="notice"
 
@@ -34,6 +43,11 @@ bootlogd -p /run/bootlogd.pid
 
 run_hook sysinit_start
 
+if [[ $HOSTNAME ]]; then
+	stat_busy "Setting hostname: $HOSTNAME"
+	echo "$HOSTNAME" >| /proc/sys/kernel/hostname && stat_done || stat_fail
+fi
+
 HWCLOCK_PARAMS="--systz"
 
 if [[ $HARDWARECLOCK ]]; then
@@ -137,17 +151,6 @@ status 'Initializing random seed' /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-random-seed load
 # Remove leftover files
 remove_leftover
 
-if [[ $HOSTNAME ]]; then
-	print_depr "HOSTNAME=" "rc.conf(5) and hostname(5)"
-fi
-if [[ -s /etc/hostname ]]; then
-	HOSTNAME=$(< /etc/hostname)
-fi
-if [[ $HOSTNAME ]]; then
-	stat_busy "Setting hostname: $HOSTNAME"
-	echo "$HOSTNAME" >| /proc/sys/kernel/hostname && stat_done || stat_fail
-fi
-
 stat_busy "Saving dmesg log"
 	if [[ -e /proc/sys/kernel/dmesg_restrict ]] &&
 		(( $(< /proc/sys/kernel/dmesg_restrict) == 1 )); then