diff --git a/target/linux/octeon/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh b/target/linux/octeon/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
index 1df3d17e24..8d6f9a1cf4 100755
--- a/target/linux/octeon/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
+++ b/target/linux/octeon/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
@@ -44,18 +44,19 @@ platform_do_upgrade() {
 		local kernel_length=`(tar xf $tar_file sysupgrade-erlite/kernel -O | wc -c) 2> /dev/null`
 		local rootfs_length=`(tar xf $tar_file sysupgrade-erlite/root -O | wc -c) 2> /dev/null`
 
+		mkdir -p /boot
+		mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /boot
+
 		[ -f /boot/vmlinux.64 -a ! -L /boot/vmlinux.64 ] && {
 			mv /boot/vmlinux.64 /boot/vmlinux.64.previous
 			mv /boot/vmlinux.64.md5 /boot/vmlinux.64.md5.previous
 		}
 
-		mkdir -p /boot
-		mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /boot
 		tar xf $tar_file sysupgrade-erlite/kernel -O > /boot/vmlinux.64
 		md5sum /boot/vmlinux.64 | cut -f1 -d " " > /boot/vmlinux.64.md5
 		tar xf $tar_file sysupgrade-erlite/root -O | dd of="${rootfs}" bs=4096
 		sync
-		umount /mnt
+		umount /boot
 		return 0
 		;;
 	esac