diff --git a/check_repomd b/check_repomd
index 182e285..3301373 100644
--- a/check_repomd
+++ b/check_repomd
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ if $GREP -q "Error 404" "$RESULTFILE" ; then
 fi
 
 REVISION=$($GREP revision "$RESULTFILE" | $CUT -d "<" -f2 | $CUT -d ">" -f2)
+HAS_INFO=$($GREP "type.*suseinfo" "$RESULTFILE")
 NOW=$(date +'%s')
 let DIFFERENCE=(${NOW}-${REVISION})
 let SECONDS=${DAYS}*24*60*60
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ if [ "$DEBUG" != "0" ]; then
 	echo
 fi
 
-if [[ $DIFFERENCE -gt $SECONDS ]]; then
+if [[ -n "$HAS_INFO" && $DIFFERENCE -gt $SECONDS ]]; then
 	cleanup_and_exit "$STATE_CRITICAL" "CRITICAL: repomd.xml from $URL is older than $DAYS days"
 else
 	cleanup_and_exit "$STATE_OK" "OK: repomd.xml from $URL is younger than $DAYS days"
diff --git a/monitoring-plugins-repomd.changes b/monitoring-plugins-repomd.changes
index 0dd0d91..a7822f5 100644
--- a/monitoring-plugins-repomd.changes
+++ b/monitoring-plugins-repomd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan  7 19:29:47 CET 2016 - ro@suse.de
+
+- only check for revision/date if there is a suseinfo entry
+  in the repomd.xml file 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul 30 19:20:35 UTC 2014 - lars@linux-schulserver.de