diff --git a/package/openrc/sysv-rcs b/package/openrc/sysv-rcs
index 1564cbe603..1b24cc3e1a 100755
--- a/package/openrc/sysv-rcs
+++ b/package/openrc/sysv-rcs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/sbin/openrc-run
+# shellcheck shell=sh
 
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034 # definition for OpenRC
 description="start or stop sysv rc[S,K] scripts"
 
 depend() {
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ start() {
 }
 
 stop() {
+    # we need to reverse the order here, sort -r would be no less fragile
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2045
     for i in $(ls -r /etc/init.d/S??*); do
         # Ignore dangling symlinks (if any).
         [ -e "$i" ] || continue