1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.4.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.4.bb
index d59ca30c12..bcef3e6b7a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.4.bb
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ do_install() {
                 # /var/log is typically a symbolic link to inside /var/volatile,
                 # which is expected to be empty.
                 rm -rf ${D}${localstatedir}/log
-        else
+        elif [ -e ${D}${localstatedir}/log/journal ]; then
                 chown root:systemd-journal ${D}${localstatedir}/log/journal
 
                 # journal-remote creates this at start