diff --git a/package/base-files/Makefile b/package/base-files/Makefile
index 728d787e09..d0c9d6bc29 100644
--- a/package/base-files/Makefile
+++ b/package/base-files/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/version.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/feeds.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=base-files
-PKG_RELEASE:=179
+PKG_RELEASE:=180
 PKG_FLAGS:=nonshared
 
 PKG_FILE_DEPENDS:=$(PLATFORM_DIR)/ $(GENERIC_PLATFORM_DIR)/base-files/
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/profile b/package/base-files/files/etc/profile
index 3eda09b456..8ac9d6dbb5 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/profile
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/profile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+[ -e /tmp/.failsafe ] && export FAILSAFE=1
+
 [ -f /etc/banner ] && cat /etc/banner
-[ -e /tmp/.failsafe ] && cat /etc/banner.failsafe
+[ -n "$FAILSAFE" ] || cat /etc/banner.failsafe
+
 fgrep -sq '/ overlay ro,' /proc/mounts && {
 	echo 'Your JFFS2-partition seems full and overlayfs is mounted read-only.'
 	echo 'Please try to remove files from /overlay/upper/... and reboot!'