diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils/nfscommon b/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils/nfscommon
index 992267d5a16..4f07324a21f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils/nfscommon
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils/nfscommon
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 ### BEGIN INIT INFO
 # Provides:          nfs-common
-# Required-Start:    $portmap hwclock
-# Required-Stop:     $portmap hwclock
-# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Required-Start:    $portmap $time
+# Required-Stop:     $portmap $time
+# Default-Start:     S
 # Default-Stop:      0 1 6
 # Short-Description: NFS support for both client and server
 # Description:       NFS is a popular protocol for file sharing across
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 . /etc/init.d/functions
 
 test -x "$NFS_STATD" || NFS_STATD=/usr/sbin/rpc.statd
-test -z "$STATD_PID" && STATD_PID=/var/run/rpc.statd.pid
+test -z "$STATD_PID" && STATD_PID=/run/rpc.statd.pid
 #
 # The default state directory is /var/lib/nfs
 test -n "$NFS_STATEDIR" || NFS_STATEDIR=/var/lib/nfs
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_2.8.2.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_2.8.2.bb
index ff02a3aea01..df9c95a71ff 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_2.8.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_2.8.2.bb
@@ -133,15 +133,14 @@ do_install:append () {
 	install -m 0644 ${UNPACKDIR}/nfs-server.service ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/
 	install -m 0644 ${UNPACKDIR}/nfs-mountd.service ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/
 	install -m 0644 ${UNPACKDIR}/nfs-statd.service ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/
+	install -m 0644 ${UNPACKDIR}/proc-fs-nfsd.mount ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/
 	sed -i -e 's,@SBINDIR@,${sbindir},g' \
 		-e 's,@SYSCONFDIR@,${sysconfdir},g' \
 		-e 's,@HIGH_RLIMIT_NOFILE@,${HIGH_RLIMIT_NOFILE},g' \
 		${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/*.service
-	if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','true','false',d)}; then
-		install -m 0644 ${UNPACKDIR}/proc-fs-nfsd.mount ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/
-		install -d ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/sysinit.target.wants/
-		ln -sf ../proc-fs-nfsd.mount ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/sysinit.target.wants/proc-fs-nfsd.mount
-	fi
+	# Add compatibility symlinks for the sysvinit scripts
+	ln -s nfs-server.service ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/nfsserver.service
+	ln -s /dev/null ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/nfscommon.service
 
 	# kernel code as of 3.8 hard-codes this path as a default
 	install -d ${D}/var/lib/nfs/v4recovery