diff --git a/mk_mmc.sh b/mk_mmc.sh
index 6390373..88f17f4 100755
--- a/mk_mmc.sh
+++ b/mk_mmc.sh
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ function dl_firmware {
  echo "-----------------------------"
 
  #TODO: We should just use the git tree blobs over distro versions
- if ! ls ${GIT_DIR}/dl/linux-firmware/.git/ >/dev/null 2>&1;then
+ if [ ! -f ${DIR}/dl/linux-firmware/.git/config ]; then
   cd ${DIR}/dl/
   git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git
   cd ${DIR}/