diff --git a/src/etc/rc b/src/etc/rc
index 7c85383bb..a9dcbeea1 100755
--- a/src/etc/rc
+++ b/src/etc/rc
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ while read FS_PART FS_MNT FS_TYPE FS_MORE; do
 		FS_DEV=$(glabel status -as | grep ${FS_DEV} | awk 'match($3, /^[a-z]+[0-9]+/) { print substr( $3, RSTART, RLENGTH )}')
 		if [ "${FS_MNT}" = "/" -a -f ${GROWFS_MARKER} ]; then
 			# hammertime!
+			gpart recover ${FS_DEV}
 			gpart resize -i 1 ${FS_DEV}
 			growfs -y ${FS_MNT}
 		fi