diff --git a/utils/maemo-kexec/Makefile b/utils/maemo-kexec/Makefile
index 05b7f50dd..3f31c9755 100644
--- a/utils/maemo-kexec/Makefile
+++ b/utils/maemo-kexec/Makefile
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ MAEMO_KRNL_SRC:=$(if $(CONFIG_MAEMO_KEXEC_DOWNLOAD_KERNEL),\
 
 define Package/maemo-kexec/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/boot $(1)/sbin
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/sbin/boot-maemo $(1)/sbin/
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/sbin/bootmaemo $(1)/sbin/
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(MAEMO_KRNL_SRC) $(1)/boot/maemo.zImage
 endef
 
diff --git a/utils/maemo-kexec/files/sbin/boot-maemo b/utils/maemo-kexec/files/sbin/bootmaemo
similarity index 93%
rename from utils/maemo-kexec/files/sbin/boot-maemo
rename to utils/maemo-kexec/files/sbin/bootmaemo
index 6bcd8b17a..498b096f3 100755
--- a/utils/maemo-kexec/files/sbin/boot-maemo
+++ b/utils/maemo-kexec/files/sbin/bootmaemo
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 set -e
+/bin/sync
 /usr/sbin/kexec --load /boot/maemo.zImage --append "root=1f03 rootfstype=jffs2 ro console=tty0 console=ttyMTD5"
 /usr/sbin/kexec --exec