diff --git a/java-17-openj9.spec b/java-17-openj9.spec
index a8ef3b2..052a0eb 100644
--- a/java-17-openj9.spec
+++ b/java-17-openj9.spec
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ if [ X"`%{_bindir}/file --mime-type -b %{javacacerts}`" \
 fi
 
 # remove the default empty cacert file, if it's installed
-if [ 0`stat -c "%{s}" %{cacerts} 2>/dev/null` = "032" ] ; then
+if [ 0`stat -c "%%s" %{cacerts} 2>/dev/null` = "032" ] ; then
     rm -f %{cacerts}
 fi