diff --git a/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec b/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec
index a4ea15bf..ed44bc37 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ rm -rf %{_localstatedir}/lib/rpm-state/nvidia-container-toolkit
 ln -sf %{_bindir}/nvidia-container-runtime-hook %{_bindir}/nvidia-container-toolkit
 
 %postun
-if [ -L %{_bindir}/nvidia-container-toolkit ] then; rm -f %{_bindir}/nvidia-container-toolkit; fi
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then  # package is uninstalled, not upgraded
+  if [ -L %{_bindir}/nvidia-container-toolkit ]; then rm -f %{_bindir}/nvidia-container-toolkit; fi
+fi
 
 %files
 %license LICENSE