diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.d/devmatch b/libexec/rc/rc.d/devmatch
index 0999159bb3324b..7a8726de5677a8 100755
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.d/devmatch
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.d/devmatch
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ one_nomatch="$2"
 
 devmatch_start()
 {
-	local x m list
+	local x m list boot_safe
+
+	boot_safe=$(kenv -q boot_safe || echo "NO")
+	checkyesno boot_safe && return
 
 	if [ -n "$one_nomatch" ]; then
 		list=$(devmatch -p "${one_nomatch}" | sort -u)