Index: head/usr.sbin/service/service.sh
===================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/service/service.sh
+++ head/usr.sbin/service/service.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@
 		if grep -q ^rcvar $file; then
 			eval `grep ^name= $file`
 			eval `grep ^rcvar $file`
-			load_rc_config_var ${name} ${rcvar}
+			if [ -n "$rcvar" ]; then
+				load_rc_config_var ${name} ${rcvar}
+			fi
 			checkyesno $rcvar 2>/dev/null && run_rc_script ${file} stop
 		fi
 	done
@@ -101,7 +103,9 @@
 		if grep -q ^rcvar $file; then
 			eval `grep ^name= $file`
 			eval `grep ^rcvar $file`
-			load_rc_config_var ${name} ${rcvar}
+			if [ -n "$rcvar" ]; then
+				load_rc_config_var ${name} ${rcvar}
+			fi
 			checkyesno $rcvar 2>/dev/null && echo $file
 		fi
 	done