diff --git a/files/etc/init.d/users b/files/etc/init.d/users
index 052401791204cb57685c9512531dfba06d3b2c04..317ff3c349b7db1550405259ba0c08467cf77649 100755
--- a/files/etc/init.d/users
+++ b/files/etc/init.d/users
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ create_user() {
 
 	# set password
 	if [ -n "$password" ]; then
-		echo "$user:$password" | chpasswd -c MD5
+		echo "$user:$password" | chpasswd
 		uci -q delete users."$user".password
 	fi