diff --git a/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc b/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc
index 56ada9b..eadccd2 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc
+++ b/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ fi
 
 echo -e $"Starting runlevel $runlevel services...""\r"
 
+if [ "$runlevel" == "5" -a "$previous" == "N" ]; then
+   [ -e /run/plymouth/pid ] && touch /var/spool/gdm/force-display-on-active-vt
+else
+   rm -f /var/spool/gdm/force-display-on-active-vt
+fi
+
 if [ "$multithread" = "1" ]; then
 
    # recreate multithreaded dependencies
@@ -161,7 +167,5 @@ else
       # FIXME: when plymouth crashes and is restarted above the ENTER key X restart bug
       # comes back if not quit
       $PLYMOUTH quit
-   elif [ "$previous" == "N" ]; then
-      [ -e /run/plymouth/pid ] && touch /var/spool/gdm/force-display-on-active-vt
    fi
 fi