diff --git a/package/busybox/files/cron b/package/busybox/files/cron
index aa538969be2..2e020bbc629 100755
--- a/package/busybox/files/cron
+++ b/package/busybox/files/cron
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ start () {
 	loglevel=$(/sbin/uci get "system.@system[0].cronloglevel" 2>/dev/null)
 	[ -z "$(ls /etc/crontabs/)" ] && exit 1
 	mkdir -p /var/spool/cron
-	[ -L /var/spool/cron/crontabs ] || ln -s /etc/crontabs /var/spool/cron/crontabs
+	ln -s /etc/crontabs /var/spool/cron/ 2>/dev/null
 	crond -c /etc/crontabs -l ${loglevel:-5}
 }