diff --git a/sys/conf/newvers.sh b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
index c6edddcef4b1..93b44f7e561e 100644
--- a/sys/conf/newvers.sh
+++ b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ findvcs()
 	savedir=$(pwd)
 	cd ${SYSDIR}/..
 	while [ $(pwd) != "/" ]; do
-		if [ -d "./$1" ]; then
+		if [ -e "./$1" ]; then
 			VCSDIR=$(pwd)"/$1"
 			cd ${savedir}
 			return 0