diff --git a/etc/rc b/etc/rc
index f9b9a8f9bec2..c97dd0299de2 100644
--- a/etc/rc
+++ b/etc/rc
@@ -202,11 +202,13 @@ case ${ipv6_enable} in
 esac
 
 # Mount NFS filesystems if present in /etc/fstab
-if mount -d -a -t nfs | grep -q nfs >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+case "`mount -d -a -t nfs`" in
+*mount_nfs*)
 	echo -n "Mounting NFS file systems"
 	mount -a -t nfs
 	echo .
-fi
+	;;
+esac
 
 # Whack the pty perms back into shape.
 #