diff --git a/alpine/packages/automount/etc/init.d/automount b/alpine/packages/automount/etc/init.d/automount
index 83ae51ddb..a6aa8b677 100755
--- a/alpine/packages/automount/etc/init.d/automount
+++ b/alpine/packages/automount/etc/init.d/automount
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ do_swapfile()
 		dd if=/dev/zero of=$SWAP bs=1k count=1048576
 		chmod 600 $SWAP
 		mkswap $SWAP
-		swapon $SWAP
 	fi
+	[ -f "$SWAP" ] && swapon $SWAP
 }
 
 start()