--- a/app-emulation/lxd/files/lxd-2.5.initd	
+++ a/app-emulation/lxd/files/lxd-2.5.initd	
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ 
 #!/sbin/openrc-run
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ start() {
 }
 
 stop() {
-    if [[ $RC_GOINGDOWN = YES ]] || [[ $RC_REBOOT = YES ]]; then
+    if [ "$RC_GOINGDOWN" = "YES" ] || [ "$RC_REBOOT" = "YES" ]; then
 	stopall
     else
 	ebegin "Stopping lxd service (but not containers)"
--- a/app-emulation/lxd/files/lxd-2.7.initd	
+++ a/app-emulation/lxd/files/lxd-2.7.initd	
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ start() {
 }
 
 stop() {
-    if [[ $RC_GOINGDOWN = YES ]] || [[ $RC_REBOOT = YES ]]; then
+    if [ "$RC_GOINGDOWN" = "YES" ] || [ "$RC_REBOOT" = "YES" ]; then
 	stopall
     else
 	ebegin "Stopping lxd service (but not containers)"
--- a/app-emulation/lxd/files/lxd-2.8.initd	
+++ a/app-emulation/lxd/files/lxd-2.8.initd	
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ start() {
 }
 
 stop() {
-    if [[ $RC_GOINGDOWN = YES ]] || [[ $RC_REBOOT = YES ]]; then
+    if [ "$RC_GOINGDOWN" = "YES" ] || [ "$RC_REBOOT" = "YES" ]; then
 	stopall
     else
 	ebegin "Stopping lxd service (but not containers)"