diff --git a/files/image_config/platform/rc.local b/files/image_config/platform/rc.local
index 6e1a5d85b0..28c38bcba9 100755
--- a/files/image_config/platform/rc.local
+++ b/files/image_config/platform/rc.local
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ update_mgmt_interface_macaddr() {
 
 firsttime_exit() {
     rm -rf $FIRST_BOOT_FILE
-    exit 0
 }
 
 # Given a string of tuples of the form field=value, extract the value for a field