diff --git a/alpine/packages/automount/etc/init.d/automount b/alpine/packages/automount/etc/init.d/automount
index 10278d76b..5a31e5041 100755
--- a/alpine/packages/automount/etc/init.d/automount
+++ b/alpine/packages/automount/etc/init.d/automount
@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@ depend()
 	before docker
 }
 
+do_fsck()
+{
+	/sbin/e2fsck -p "$1"
+	EXIT_CODE=$?
+	# exit code 1 is errors corrected
+	[ "${EXIT_CODE}" -eq 1 ] && EXIT_CODE=0
+	# exit code 2 or 3 means need to reboot
+	[ "${EXIT_CODE}" -eq 2 -o "${EXIT_CODE}" -eq 3 ] && /sbin/reboot
+	# exit code 4 or over is fatal
+	[ "${EXIT_CODE}" -ge 4 ] && printf "Filesystem unrecoverably corrupted, will reformat\n"
+	return "${EXIT_CODE}"
+}
+
 start()
 {
 	ebegin "Configuring host block device"
@@ -45,7 +58,7 @@ start()
 			ERASE_DISKS="${DRIVE}" setup-disk -m data ${DRIVE}
 			blockdev --rereadpt "${DRIVE}" 2> /dev/null
 		else
-			( e2fsck -p "${DATA}" && mount "${DATA}" /var && ([ -z "${SWAP}" ] || swapon "${SWAP}") ) || \
+			( do_fsck "${DATA}" && mount "${DATA}" /var && ([ -z "${SWAP}" ] || swapon "${SWAP}") ) || \
 			  ( ERASE_DISKS="${DRIVE}" setup-disk -m data ${DRIVE}; blockdev --rereadpt ${DRIVE} 2> /dev/null )
 		fi
 		# boot2docker compat, has /var and /tmp on partition