diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/update-rc.d/update-rc.d/fix-to-handle-priority-numbers-correctly.patch b/meta/recipes-core/update-rc.d/update-rc.d/fix-to-handle-priority-numbers-correctly.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85bc234a27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/update-rc.d/update-rc.d/fix-to-handle-priority-numbers-correctly.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Fix to handle priority numbers correctly.
+Previously, if the priority number is '08' or '09', for example,
+the script cannot handle them correctly as these numbers are treated
+as octal numbers.
+
+Signed-off-by: Chen Qi <Qi.Chen@windriver.com>
+---
+ update-rc.d |    2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/update-rc.d b/update-rc.d
+index ec50d15..c70b859 100644
+--- a/update-rc.d
++++ b/update-rc.d
+@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ case $1 in
+ 				exit 1
+ 			fi
+ 			shift
+-			NN=`printf %02d $1`
++			NN=`printf %02d $(expr $1 + 0)`
+ 			shift
+ 			while [ "x$1" != "x." ]; do
+ 				if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+-- 
+1.7.9.5
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/update-rc.d/update-rc.d_0.7.bb b/meta/recipes-core/update-rc.d/update-rc.d_0.7.bb
index 50dcaa2d3f..c15cb78033 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/update-rc.d/update-rc.d_0.7.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/update-rc.d/update-rc.d_0.7.bb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SRCREV = "eca680ddf28d024954895f59a241a622dd575c11"
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/philb/update-rc.d.git \
            file://add-verbose.patch \
            file://check-if-symlinks-are-valid.patch \
+           file://fix-to-handle-priority-numbers-correctly.patch \
           "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"