diff --git a/native/jni/init/init.h b/native/jni/init/init.h
index eb9b1b810..f9ebf5a56 100644
--- a/native/jni/init/init.h
+++ b/native/jni/init/init.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ protected:
 	raw_data config;
 	dev_t system_dev;
 
-	void backup_files();
+	void backup_files(const char *self_path);
 	void patch_rootdir();
 public:
 	SARBase(char *argv[], cmdline *cmd) : MagiskInit(argv, cmd) {
diff --git a/native/jni/init/mount.cpp b/native/jni/init/mount.cpp
index 72c66268f..f4a770f5d 100644
--- a/native/jni/init/mount.cpp
+++ b/native/jni/init/mount.cpp
@@ -183,11 +183,11 @@ void RootFSInit::early_mount() {
 	mount_list.emplace_back("/dev/mnt/cache");
 }
 
-void SARBase::backup_files() {
+void SARBase::backup_files(const char *self_path) {
 	if (access("/overlay.d", F_OK) == 0)
 		cp_afc("/overlay.d", "/dev/overlay.d");
 
-	full_read("/init", self.buf, self.sz);
+	full_read(self_path, self.buf, self.sz);
 	full_read("/.backup/.magisk", config.buf, config.sz);
 }
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ void SARInit::early_mount() {
 	xmount("tmpfs", "/dev", "tmpfs", 0, "mode=755");
 	mount_list.emplace_back("/dev");
 
-	backup_files();
+	backup_files("/init");
 
 	LOGD("Cleaning rootfs\n");
 	int root = xopen("/", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ void SARInit::early_mount() {
 void SecondStageInit::early_mount() {
 	// Early mounts should already be done by first stage init
 
-	backup_files();
+	backup_files("/system/bin/init");
 	rm_rf("/system");
 	rm_rf("/.backup");
 	rm_rf("/overlay.d");
diff --git a/native/jni/init/rootdir.cpp b/native/jni/init/rootdir.cpp
index e7f1655ce..addd637a0 100644
--- a/native/jni/init/rootdir.cpp
+++ b/native/jni/init/rootdir.cpp
@@ -407,20 +407,24 @@ static void patch_fstab(const string &fstab) {
 #define FSR "/first_stage_ramdisk"
 
 void ABFirstStageInit::prepare() {
-	auto dir = xopen_dir(FSR);
-	if (!dir)
-		return;
-	string fstab(FSR "/");
-	for (dirent *de; (de = xreaddir(dir.get()));) {
-		if (strstr(de->d_name, "fstab")) {
-			fstab += de->d_name;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	if (fstab.length() == sizeof(FSR))
-		return;
+	// It is actually possible to NOT have FSR, create it just in case
+	xmkdir(FSR, 0755);
 
-	patch_fstab(fstab);
+	if (auto dir = xopen_dir(FSR); dir) {
+		string fstab(FSR "/");
+		for (dirent *de; (de = xreaddir(dir.get()));) {
+			if (strstr(de->d_name, "fstab")) {
+				fstab += de->d_name;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if (fstab.length() == sizeof(FSR))
+			return;
+
+		patch_fstab(fstab);
+	} else {
+		return;
+	}
 
 	// Move stuffs for next stage
 	xmkdir(FSR "/system", 0755);