diff -Naur a/openrc-0.6.0/init.d/localmount.in b/openrc-0.6.0/init.d/localmount.in
--- a/openrc-0.6.0/init.d/localmount.in	2009-12-21 09:30:17.000000000 -0600
+++ b/openrc-0.6.0/init.d/localmount.in	2010-03-09 10:53:53.000000000 -0600
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
 	# We never unmount / or /dev or $RC_SVCDIR
 	local x= no_umounts_r="/|/dev|/dev/.*|${RC_SVCDIR}"
 	no_umounts_r="${no_umounts_r}|/bin|/sbin|/lib|/libexec"
+
+	# In case $RC_SVCDIR tries to unmount due to lib64
+	# symlink configuration, we cd to it to lock it
+	cd "$RC_SVCDIR"
+
 	# RC_NO_UMOUNTS is an env var that can be set by plugins
 	OIFS=$IFS SIFS=${IFS-y}
 	IFS=$IFS:
diff -Naur a/openrc-0.6.0/init.d/mount-ro.in b/openrc-0.6.0/init.d/mount-ro.in
--- a/openrc-0.6.0/init.d/mount-ro.in	2009-12-21 09:30:17.000000000 -0600
+++ b/openrc-0.6.0/init.d/mount-ro.in	2010-03-09 10:56:25.000000000 -0600
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 	sync; sync
 
 	ebegin "Remounting remaining filesystems read-only"
+
+	# cd to $RC_SVCDIR it to lock it in case of incorrect
+	# assumptions about lib64 symlink configuration.
+	cd "$RC_SVCDIR"
+
 	# We need the do_unmount function
 	. "$RC_LIBEXECDIR"/sh/rc-mount.sh
 	eindent