diff --git a/data/control/flash.start b/data/control/flash.start
index 1cee8f724..dec5a6953 100755
--- a/data/control/flash.start
+++ b/data/control/flash.start
@@ -3,7 +3,5 @@
 # kill start script first to ignore neutrino's exit codes
 killall start_neutrino
 
-touch /tmp/.flash.start
-
 # run shutdown routine depending on flagfile
 /etc/init.d/rcK
diff --git a/src/gui/update.cpp b/src/gui/update.cpp
index 9f42e25c4..38d62c37f 100644
--- a/src/gui/update.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/update.cpp
@@ -733,6 +733,9 @@ int CFlashUpdate::exec(CMenuTarget* parent, const std::string &actionKey)
 #ifndef DRYRUN
 		if (flashing)
 		{
+			if ( FILE *f = fopen("/tmp/.flash.start", "w") )
+				fclose(f);
+
 			CVFD::getInstance()->setMode(CVFD::MODE_MENU_UTF8);
 			CVFD::getInstance()->showMenuText(0, "ofgwrite Flashing Tool", -1, true);
 			my_system(4, ofgwrite_caller.c_str(), g_settings.update_dir.c_str(), filename.c_str(), ofgwrite_options.c_str());
diff --git a/src/neutrino.cpp b/src/neutrino.cpp
index 8b12e0303..0bed15c17 100644
--- a/src/neutrino.cpp
+++ b/src/neutrino.cpp
@@ -5345,7 +5345,11 @@ void stop_lcd4l_support()
 void stop_daemons(bool stopall, bool for_flash)
 {
 	CMoviePlayerGui::getInstance().stopPlayBack();
-	if (for_flash) {
+	if (for_flash)
+	{
+		if ( FILE *f = fopen("/tmp/.flash.start", "w") )
+			fclose(f);
+
 		CVFD::getInstance()->Clear();
 		CVFD::getInstance()->setMode(CVFD::MODE_TVRADIO);
 		CVFD::getInstance()->ShowText("Stop daemons...");