--- openrc-0.4.1-orig/src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c
+++ openrc-0.4.1/src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c
@@ -1087,10 +1087,10 @@ int start_stop_daemon(int argc, char **a
 
 		if (gid && setgid(gid))
 			eerrorx("%s: unable to set groupid to %d", applet, gid);
-		if (changeuser && initgroups(changeuser, gid))
-			eerrorx("%s: initgroups (%s, %d)", applet, changeuser, gid);
-		if (uid) {
-			if (setuid(uid))
+		if (changeuser) {
+			if (initgroups(changeuser, gid))
+				eerrorx("%s: initgroups (%s, %d)", applet, changeuser, gid);
+			if (uid && setuid(uid))
 				eerrorx ("%s: unable to set userid to %d", applet, uid);
 			pw = getpwuid(uid);
 			if (pw) {