diff --git a/initramfs-init b/initramfs-init
index bb4aae1d6dead2188865f58d9bce978fc27295c5..9603c4cdb257856a19afbd2781427ba0aff94d77 100755
--- a/initramfs-init
+++ b/initramfs-init
@@ -185,11 +185,11 @@ done
 if [ -n "$KOPT_chart" ]; then
 	pkgs="$pkgs acct"
 fi
-apkflags=""
+apkflags="--initdb --quiet --progress --force"
 if [ -z "$KOPT_keep_apk_new" ]; then
-	apkflags="--clean-protected"
+	apkflags=" --clean-protected"
 fi
-apk add --root /newroot --initdb --quiet --progress $apkflags $pkgs >/dev/null
+apk add --root /newroot $apkflags $pkgs >/dev/null
 eend $?
 
 # copy alpine release info