diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9806b034ce2883011e838a6b685b9fb5f3b2eff3..5433fcf2903dec917de075bed83b7fdfc6dad089 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+### Fixed
+- block of execution when package is removed or reinstalled using opkg
+- do not attempt recovery of journal on package installation
+
+
 ## [1.5.0] - 2022-02-16
 ### Added
 - Reboot requirement info to approval message
diff --git a/files/immediate_reboot.init b/files/immediate_reboot.init
index 9d4ee083c37f857d12c8b7253f1a6e8b2b2bc1be..89bd602073b8ee2fb9a840980156d43c79046081 100755
--- a/files/immediate_reboot.init
+++ b/files/immediate_reboot.init
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ status() {
 }
 
 start() {
+	# Make sure that this is not executed from package. Recovery when package is
+	# being installed is not desirable.
+	[ -z "$PKG_UPGRADE" ] || return 0
 	# Recover updater's journal if it exists
 	if [ -e "/usr/share/updater/journal" ]; then
 		# Note: supervisor runs pkgupdate that recovers run from journal and later
@@ -23,6 +26,9 @@ start() {
 }
 
 stop() {
+	# Make sure that this is not executed from package. We do not want to block
+	# the removal of package.
+	[ -z "$PKG_UPGRADE" ] || return 0
 	# Block shutdown when update is running
 	# We have to use Python3 as there seems to be no shell tool to simply use
 	# POSIX file locks (lockf instead of flock)