diff --git a/util-linux.changes b/util-linux.changes
index e4a4bc5..a754555 100644
--- a/util-linux.changes
+++ b/util-linux.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan 18 09:47:11 UTC 2011 - bwiedemann@novell.com
+
+- fix bnc#664873
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan  6 16:43:46 UTC 2011 - puzel@novell.com
 
diff --git a/util-linux.spec b/util-linux.spec
index 272082a..2c0cd60 100644
--- a/util-linux.spec
+++ b/util-linux.spec
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ fi
 
 # if /etc/mtab is a regular file, replace it with a symlink to /proc/self/mounts
 # (regular mtab is not written/cleaned-up/supported by systemd)
-if [ -f /etc/mtab ]; then
+if [ -f /etc/mtab -o ! -e /etc/mtab ]; then
 	ln -sf /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab || :
 fi