diff --git a/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/common.sh b/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/common.sh
index e3519ca2cb..17248c2b1d 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/common.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/common.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ run_ramfs() { # <command> [...]
 		/bin/rm /usr/bin/basename /bin/kill /bin/chmod /usr/bin/find \
 		/bin/mknod
 
-	install_bin /bin/uclient-fetch /bin/wget
 	install_bin /sbin/mtd
 	install_bin /sbin/mount_root
 	install_bin /sbin/snapshot
@@ -96,51 +95,37 @@ run_ramfs() { # <command> [...]
 	exec /bin/busybox ash -c "$*"
 }
 
-kill_remaining() { # [ <signal> ]
+kill_remaining() { # [ <signal> [ <loop> ] ]
 	local sig="${1:-TERM}"
+	local loop="${2:-0}"
+	local run=true
+	local stat
+
 	echo -n "Sending $sig to remaining processes ... "
 
-	local my_pid=$$
-	local my_ppid=$(cut -d' ' -f4  /proc/$my_pid/stat)
-	local my_ppisupgraded=
-	grep -q upgraded /proc/$my_ppid/cmdline >/dev/null && {
-		local my_ppisupgraded=1
-	}
-	
-	local stat
-	for stat in /proc/[0-9]*/stat; do
-		[ -f "$stat" ] || continue
-
-		local pid name state ppid rest
-		read pid name state ppid rest < $stat
-		name="${name#(}"; name="${name%)}"
-
-		local cmdline
-		read cmdline < /proc/$pid/cmdline
-
-		# Skip kernel threads
-		[ -n "$cmdline" ] || continue
-
-		if [ $$ -eq 1 ] || [ $my_ppid -eq 1 ] && [ -n "$my_ppisupgraded" ]; then
-			# Running as init process, kill everything except me
-			if [ $pid -ne $$ ] && [ $pid -ne $my_ppid ]; then
-				echo -n "$name "
-				kill -$sig $pid 2>/dev/null
-			fi
-		else 
-			case "$name" in
-				# Skip essential services
-				*procd*|*ash*|*init*|*watchdog*|*ssh*|*dropbear*|*telnet*|*login*|*hostapd*|*wpa_supplicant*|*nas*|*relayd*) : ;;
-
-				# Killable process
-				*)
-					if [ $pid -ne $$ ] && [ $ppid -ne $$ ]; then
-						echo -n "$name "
-						kill -$sig $pid 2>/dev/null
-					fi
-				;;
-			esac
-		fi
+	while $run; do
+		run=false
+		for stat in /proc/[0-9]*/stat; do
+			[ -f "$stat" ] || continue
+
+			local pid name state ppid rest
+			read pid name state ppid rest < $stat
+			name="${name#(}"; name="${name%)}"
+
+			# Skip PID1, ourself and our children
+			[ $pid -ne 1 -a $pid -ne $$ -a $ppid -ne $$ ] || continue
+
+			local cmdline
+			read cmdline < /proc/$pid/cmdline
+
+			# Skip kernel threads
+			[ -n "$cmdline" ] || continue
+
+			echo -n "$name "
+			kill -$sig $pid 2>/dev/null
+
+			[ $loop -eq 1 ] && run=true
+		done
 	done
 	echo ""
 }
@@ -175,28 +160,31 @@ v() {
 	[ "$VERBOSE" -ge 1 ] && echo "$@"
 }
 
+json_string() {
+	local v="$1"
+	v="${v//\\/\\\\}"
+	v="${v//\"/\\\"}"
+	echo "\"$v\""
+}
+
 rootfs_type() {
 	/bin/mount | awk '($3 ~ /^\/$/) && ($5 !~ /rootfs/) { print $5 }'
 }
 
 get_image() { # <source> [ <command> ]
 	local from="$1"
-	local conc="$2"
-	local cmd
-
-	case "$from" in
-		http://*|ftp://*) cmd="wget -O- -q";;
-		*) cmd="cat";;
-	esac
-	if [ -z "$conc" ]; then
-		local magic="$(eval $cmd \"$from\" 2>/dev/null | dd bs=2 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -n 2 -e '1/1 "%02x"')"
+	local cat="$2"
+
+	if [ -z "$cat" ]; then
+		local magic="$(dd if="$from" bs=2 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -n 2 -e '1/1 "%02x"')"
 		case "$magic" in
-			1f8b) conc="zcat";;
-			425a) conc="bzcat";;
+			1f8b) cat="zcat";;
+			425a) cat="bzcat";;
+			*) cat="cat";;
 		esac
 	fi
 
-	eval "$cmd \"$from\" 2>/dev/null ${conc:+| $conc}"
+	$cat "$from" 2>/dev/null
 }
 
 get_magic_word() {
@@ -320,12 +308,14 @@ default_do_upgrade() {
 	fi
 }
 
-do_upgrade() {
+do_upgrade_stage2() {
 	v "Performing system upgrade..."
-	if type 'platform_do_upgrade' >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
-		platform_do_upgrade "$ARGV"
+	if [ -n "$do_upgrade" ]; then
+		$do_upgrade "$IMAGE"
+	elif type 'platform_do_upgrade' >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+		platform_do_upgrade "$IMAGE"
 	else
-		default_do_upgrade "$ARGV"
+		default_do_upgrade "$IMAGE"
 	fi
 
 	if [ "$SAVE_CONFIG" -eq 1 ] && type 'platform_copy_config' >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
@@ -333,12 +323,11 @@ do_upgrade() {
 	fi
 
 	v "Upgrade completed"
-	[ -n "$DELAY" ] && sleep "$DELAY"
-	ask_bool 1 "Reboot" && {
-		v "Rebooting system..."
-		umount -a
-		reboot -f
-		sleep 5
-		echo b 2>/dev/null >/proc/sysrq-trigger
-	}
+	sleep 1
+
+	v "Rebooting system..."
+	umount -a
+	reboot -f
+	sleep 5
+	echo b 2>/dev/null >/proc/sysrq-trigger
 }
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/nand.sh b/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/nand.sh
index 9c831df3b4..894964e178 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/nand.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/nand.sh
@@ -283,7 +283,16 @@ nand_upgrade_tar() {
 }
 
 # Recognize type of passed file and start the upgrade process
-nand_do_upgrade_stage2() {
+nand_do_upgrade() {
+	if [ -n "$IS_PRE_UPGRADE" ]; then
+		# Previously, nand_do_upgrade was called from the platform_pre_upgrade
+		# hook; this piece of code handles scripts that haven't been
+		# updated. All scripts should gradually move to call nand_do_upgrade
+		# from platform_do_upgrade instead.
+		export do_upgrade=nand_do_upgrade
+		return
+	fi
+
 	local file_type=$(identify $1)
 
 	if type 'platform_nand_pre_upgrade' >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
@@ -299,45 +308,6 @@ nand_do_upgrade_stage2() {
 	esac
 }
 
-nand_upgrade_stage2() {
-	[ $1 = "nand" ] && {
-		[ -f "$2" ] && {
-			touch /tmp/sysupgrade
-
-			killall -9 telnetd
-			killall -9 dropbear
-			killall -9 ash
-
-			kill_remaining TERM
-			sleep 3
-			kill_remaining KILL
-
-			sleep 1
-
-			if [ -n "$(rootfs_type)" ]; then
-				v "Switching to ramdisk..."
-				run_ramfs ". /lib/functions.sh; include /lib/upgrade; nand_do_upgrade_stage2 $2"
-			else
-				nand_do_upgrade_stage2 $2
-			fi
-			return 0
-		}
-		echo "Nand upgrade failed"
-		exit 1
-	}
-}
-
-nand_upgrade_stage1() {
-	[ -f /tmp/sysupgrade-nand-path ] && {
-		path="$(cat /tmp/sysupgrade-nand-path)"
-		[ "$SAVE_CONFIG" != 1 -a -f "$CONF_TAR" ] &&
-			rm $CONF_TAR
-
-		ubus call system nandupgrade "{\"prefix\": \"$RAM_ROOT\", \"path\": \"$path\" }"
-		exit 0
-	}
-}
-
 # Check if passed file is a valid one for NAND sysupgrade. Currently it accepts
 # 3 types of files:
 # 1) UBI - should contain an ubinized image, header is checked for the proper
@@ -364,13 +334,3 @@ nand_do_platform_check() {
 
 	return 0
 }
-
-# Start NAND upgrade process
-#
-# $(1): file to be used for upgrade
-nand_do_upgrade() {
-	echo -n $1 > /tmp/sysupgrade-nand-path
-	install_bin /sbin/upgraded
-	ln -s "$RAM_ROOT"/sbin/upgraded /tmp/upgraded
-	nand_upgrade_stage1
-}
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/stage2 b/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/stage2
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4e2aa3a23c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/stage2
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. /lib/functions.sh
+. /lib/functions/system.sh
+
+export IMAGE="$1"
+COMMAND="$2"
+
+export ARGV="$IMAGE"
+export ARGC=1
+
+export SAVE_CONFIG=1
+export SAVE_PARTITIONS=1
+
+export INTERACTIVE=0
+export VERBOSE=1
+export CONFFILES=/tmp/sysupgrade.conffiles
+export CONF_TAR=/tmp/sysupgrade.tgz
+
+
+[ -f "$CONF_TAR" ] || export SAVE_CONFIG=0
+[ -f /tmp/sysupgrade.always.overwrite.bootdisk.partmap ] && export SAVE_PARTITIONS=0
+
+include /lib/upgrade
+
+
+killall -9 telnetd
+killall -9 dropbear
+killall -9 ash
+
+kill_remaining TERM
+sleep 3
+kill_remaining KILL 1
+
+sleep 1
+
+
+if [ -n "$IMAGE" ] && type 'platform_pre_upgrade' >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+	IS_PRE_UPGRADE=1 platform_pre_upgrade "$IMAGE"
+
+	# Needs to be unset again because of busybox weirdness ...
+	IS_PRE_UPGRADE=
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$(rootfs_type)" ]; then
+	echo "Switching to ramdisk..."
+	run_ramfs "$COMMAND"
+else
+	exec /bin/busybox ash -c "$COMMAND"
+fi
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/sbin/sysupgrade b/package/base-files/files/sbin/sysupgrade
index c095ca81c5..2d67371ef7 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/sbin/sysupgrade
+++ b/package/base-files/files/sbin/sysupgrade
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+
+[ "$1" = "nand" ] && exec /lib/upgrade/stage2 "$2" "$3"
+
 . /lib/functions.sh
 . /lib/functions/system.sh
 
@@ -11,7 +14,6 @@ export VERBOSE=1
 export SAVE_CONFIG=1
 export SAVE_OVERLAY=0
 export SAVE_PARTITIONS=1
-export DELAY=
 export CONF_IMAGE=
 export CONF_BACKUP_LIST=0
 export CONF_BACKUP=
@@ -25,7 +27,6 @@ export TEST=0
 while [ -n "$1" ]; do
 	case "$1" in
 		-i) export INTERACTIVE=1;;
-		-d) export DELAY="$2"; shift;;
 		-v) export VERBOSE="$(($VERBOSE + 1))";;
 		-q) export VERBOSE="$(($VERBOSE - 1))";;
 		-n) export SAVE_CONFIG=0;;
@@ -50,10 +51,9 @@ done
 export CONFFILES=/tmp/sysupgrade.conffiles
 export CONF_TAR=/tmp/sysupgrade.tgz
 
-export ARGV="$*"
-export ARGC="$#"
+IMAGE="$1"
 
-[ -z "$ARGV" -a -z "$NEED_IMAGE" -o $HELP -gt 0 ] && {
+[ -z "$IMAGE" -a -z "$NEED_IMAGE" -o $HELP -gt 0 ] && {
 	cat <<EOF
 Usage: $0 [<upgrade-option>...] <image file or URL>
        $0 [-q] [-i] <backup-command> <file>
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ EOF
 	exit 1
 }
 
-[ -n "$ARGV" -a -n "$NEED_IMAGE" ] && {
+[ -n "$IMAGE" -a -n "$NEED_IMAGE" ] && {
 	cat <<-EOF
 		-b|--create-backup and -r|--restore-backup do not perform a firmware upgrade.
 		Do not specify both -b|-r and a firmware image.
@@ -136,14 +136,13 @@ sysupgrade_pre_upgrade="fwtool_pre_upgrade"
 
 include /lib/upgrade
 
-[ "$1" = "nand" ] && nand_upgrade_stage2 $@
-
 do_save_conffiles() {
 	local conf_tar="${1:-$CONF_TAR}"
 
 	[ -z "$(rootfs_type)" ] && {
 		echo "Cannot save config while running from ramdisk."
 		ask_bool 0 "Abort" && exit
+		rm -f "$conf_tar"
 		return 0
 	}
 	run_hooks "$CONFFILES" $sysupgrade_init_conffiles
@@ -184,8 +183,33 @@ type platform_check_image >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || {
 	exit 1
 }
 
+case "$IMAGE" in
+	http://*)
+		wget -O/tmp/sysupgrade.img "$IMAGE"
+		IMAGE=/tmp/sysupgrade.img
+		;;
+esac
+
+IMAGE="$(readlink -f "$IMAGE")"
+
+case "$IMAGE" in
+	'')
+		echo "Image file not found."
+		exit 1
+		;;
+	/tmp/*)	;;
+	*)
+		v "Image not in /tmp, copying..."
+		cp -f "$IMAGE" /tmp/sysupgrade.img
+		IMAGE=/tmp/sysupgrade.img
+		;;
+esac
+
+export ARGV="$IMAGE"
+export ARGC=1
+
 for check in $sysupgrade_image_check; do
-	( eval "$check \"\$ARGV\"" ) || {
+	( $check "$IMAGE" ) || {
 		if [ $FORCE -eq 1 ]; then
 			echo "Image check '$check' failed but --force given - will update anyway!"
 			break
@@ -211,6 +235,7 @@ elif ask_bool $SAVE_CONFIG "Keep config files over reflash"; then
 	[ $TEST -eq 1 ] || do_save_conffiles
 	export SAVE_CONFIG=1
 else
+	[ $TEST -eq 1 ] || rm -f "$CONF_TAR"
 	export SAVE_CONFIG=0
 fi
 
@@ -218,28 +243,18 @@ if [ $TEST -eq 1 ]; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-run_hooks "" $sysupgrade_pre_upgrade
-
-# Some platforms/devices may want different sysupgrade process, e.g. without
-# killing processes yet or calling ubus system upgrade method.
-# This is needed e.g. on NAND devices where we just want to trigger stage1 at
-# this point.
-if type 'platform_pre_upgrade' >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
-	platform_pre_upgrade "$ARGV"
+if [ $SAVE_PARTITIONS -eq 0 ]; then
+	touch /tmp/sysupgrade.always.overwrite.bootdisk.partmap
+else
+	rm -f /tmp/sysupgrade.always.overwrite.bootdisk.partmap
 fi
 
-ubus call system upgrade
-touch /tmp/sysupgrade
-
-if [ ! -f /tmp/failsafe ] ; then
-	kill_remaining TERM
-	sleep 3
-	kill_remaining KILL
-fi
+run_hooks "" $sysupgrade_pre_upgrade
 
-if [ -n "$(rootfs_type)" ]; then
-	v "Switching to ramdisk..."
-	run_ramfs '. /lib/functions.sh; include /lib/upgrade; do_upgrade'
-else
-	do_upgrade
-fi
+install_bin /sbin/upgraded
+v "Commencing upgrade. All shell sessions will be closed now."
+ubus call system sysupgrade "{
+	\"prefix\": \"$RAM_ROOT\",
+	\"path\": $(json_string "$IMAGE"),
+	\"command\": \". /lib/functions.sh; include /lib/upgrade; do_upgrade_stage2\"
+}"
