diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/Makefile b/libexec/rtld-elf/Makefile
index 2bed4c781a8b..8758c8d828b7 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/Makefile
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/Makefile
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ SYMBOL_MAPS+=	${.CURDIR}/${RTLD_ARCH}/Symbol.map
 # Since moving rtld-elf to /libexec, we need to create a symlink.
 # Fixup the existing binary that's there so we can symlink over it.
 beforeinstall:
-.if exists(${DESTDIR}/usr/libexec/${PROG})
+.if exists(${DESTDIR}/usr/libexec/${PROG}) && ${MK_STAGING} == "no"
 	-chflags -h noschg ${DESTDIR}/usr/libexec/${PROG}
 .endif