Index: libexec/rc/rc.subr
===================================================================
--- libexec/rc/rc.subr
+++ libexec/rc/rc.subr
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@
 	    _nice=\$${name}_nice	_user=\$${name}_user \
 	    _group=\$${name}_group	_groups=\$${name}_groups \
 	    _fib=\$${name}_fib		_env=\$${name}_env \
-	    _prepend=\$${name}_prepend	_login_class=\${${name}_login_class:-daemon} \
+	    _prepend=\$${name}_prepend	_login_class=\${${name}_login_class-daemon} \
 	    _limits=\$${name}_limits    _oomprotect=\$${name}_oomprotect \
 	    _env_file=\$${name}_env_file
 
@@ -1140,8 +1140,15 @@
 				fi
 			fi
 
-					# Prepend default limits
-			_doit="$_cd limits -C $_login_class $_limits $_doit"
+					# prepend default limits
+					#
+			if [ -n "$_login_class" ] || [ -n "$_limits" ]; then
+				_doit="limits ${_login_class:+-C $_login_class} $_limits $_doit"
+			fi
+
+					# lastly, prepend the directory change
+					#
+			_doit="$_cd $_doit"
 
 					# run the full command
 					#