diff --git a/net/gnunet/Makefile b/net/gnunet/Makefile
index 7f6117a76..3c6ce348c 100644
--- a/net/gnunet/Makefile
+++ b/net/gnunet/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 PKG_NAME:=gnunet
 PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=37051
 PKG_VERSION:=0.10.1-svn$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION)
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_RELEASE:=4
 
 # ToDo:
 #  - break-out {peer,name,data}store for each backend
diff --git a/net/gnunet/files/gnunet.init b/net/gnunet/files/gnunet.init
index e2f9eee49..efa0b46ea 100755
--- a/net/gnunet/files/gnunet.init
+++ b/net/gnunet/files/gnunet.init
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ SUID_ROOT_HELPERS="exit nat-server nat-client transport-bluetooth transport-wlan
 chmodown_execbin() {
 	execname=/usr/lib/gnunet/libexec/gnunet-$1
 	if [ -x $execname ]; then
-		[ "$3" ] && chown $3 $execname
-		chmod $2 $execname
+		[ "$3" ] && chown $3 $execname 2>/dev/null && chmod $2 $execname
 	fi
 }