diff --git a/roles/samba-dc/files/sysvolsync.sh b/roles/samba-dc/files/sysvolsync.sh
index 6575e08..4fd91e3 100644
--- a/roles/samba-dc/files/sysvolsync.sh
+++ b/roles/samba-dc/files/sysvolsync.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ debug "Copying idmap.ldb from ${pdc}"
 rsync -a${DEBUG+i} --delete "${pdc}:${IDMAP_LDB}.bak" "${IDMAP_LDB}.new"
 st_new=$(stat -c %Y "${IDMAP_LDB}.new")
 st_cur=$(stat -c %Y "${IDMAP_LDB}")
-if [ "${st_new}" -ne "${st_cur}" ]; then
+if [ -z "${st_cur}" ] || [ "${st_new}" != "${st_cur}" ]; then
     info "Got updated idmap.ldb from ${pdc}"
     info 'Stopping Samba service'
     systemctl stop samba || exit