diff -u openipmi-2.0.18/debian/changelog openipmi-2.0.18/debian/changelog
--- openipmi-2.0.18/debian/changelog
+++ openipmi-2.0.18/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+openipmi (2.0.18-0ubuntu7.2) trusty; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/openipmi.init: Do not unload all modules if some configured
+    HW modules are not successfully loaded.
+    Backported from Xenial.
+    -LP: #1318317
+
+ -- Nishanth Aravamudan <nish.aravamudan@canonical.com>  Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:45:39 -0700
+
 openipmi (2.0.18-0ubuntu7.1) trusty; urgency=medium
 
   * Detect that a module is built into the kernel.
diff -u openipmi-2.0.18/debian/openipmi.init openipmi-2.0.18/debian/openipmi.init
--- openipmi-2.0.18/debian/openipmi.init
+++ openipmi-2.0.18/debian/openipmi.init
@@ -328,9 +328,9 @@
 	local locdelay
 	modprobe ipmi_msghandler > /dev/null 2>&1
 	modules_loaded ipmi_msghandler
-	[ ${OnePlusLoaded} -ne 1 ] && unload_all_ipmi_modules && RETVAL=$((RETVAL | 1)) && return
+	[ ${OnePlusLoaded} -ne 1 ] && RETVAL=$((RETVAL | 1)) && return
 	load_hw_modules
-	[ $((RETVAL & 1)) -eq 1 ] && unload_all_ipmi_modules && RETVAL=$((RETVAL | 1)) && return
+	[ $((RETVAL & 1)) -eq 1 ] && return
 
 	if [ "${DEV_IPMI}" = "yes" ]; then
 		modprobe ipmi_devintf > /dev/null 2>&1