diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index 84d36c2..91405ea 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ echo -n "%{_target_cpu}-suse-linux-gnueabi" > %{buildroot}/etc/rpm/platform
 %{fillup_only -an services}
 
 # var/lib/rpm migration: set forwards compatible symlink for /usr/lib/sysimage/rpm so scriptlets in same transaction will still work
-if (test ! -L var/lib/rpm) && (test -f var/lib/rpm/Packages) ; then
+if test ! -L var/lib/rpm -a -f var/lib/rpm/Packages -a ! -f usr/lib/sysimage/rpm/Packages ; then
   rmdir usr/lib/sysimage/rpm
   ln -s ../../../var/lib/rpm usr/lib/sysimage/rpm
 fi