diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/56/filelists/files b/config/rootfiles/core/56/filelists/files
index 26d35c5d4..65ae58d86 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/core/56/filelists/files
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/56/filelists/files
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 etc/system-release
 etc/issue
+etc/rc.d/init.d/mountfs
 etc/rc.d/init.d/smartenabler
 srv/web/ipfire/cgi-bin/chpasswd.cgi
 srv/web/ipfire/cgi-bin/hardwaregraphs.cgi
diff --git a/src/initscripts/init.d/mountfs b/src/initscripts/init.d/mountfs
index 43ef02dc8..01ecafde8 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/init.d/mountfs
+++ b/src/initscripts/init.d/mountfs
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ case "${1}" in
 		;;
 
 	stop)
+		boot_mesg "Syncing discs..."
+		sync && sync
+		evaluate_retval
+
 		boot_mesg "Unmounting all other currently mounted file systems..."
 		umount -a -d -r &>/dev/null
 		evaluate_retval