diff --git a/meta/packages/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant-0.5.inc b/meta/packages/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant-0.5.inc
index 667b168ee6..220516e57f 100644
--- a/meta/packages/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant-0.5.inc
+++ b/meta/packages/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant-0.5.inc
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ do_install () {
 }
 
 pkg_postinst_wpa-supplicant () {
-	/etc/init.d/populate-volatile.sh update
-
 	# can't do this offline
 	if [ "x$D" != "x" ]; then
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
+	/etc/init.d/populate-volatile.sh update
+
 	DBUSPID=`pidof dbus-daemon`
 
 	if [ "x$DBUSPID" != "x" ]; then
diff --git a/meta/packages/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant_0.5.8.bb b/meta/packages/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant_0.5.8.bb
index 440cdebfd8..6feed719eb 100644
--- a/meta/packages/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant_0.5.8.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant_0.5.8.bb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 require wpa-supplicant-0.5.inc
 
-PR = "r5"
+PR = "r6"