diff --git a/scripts/postinst-intercepts/update_gio_module_cache b/scripts/postinst-intercepts/update_gio_module_cache
index 92092f2144..fc3f9d0d6c 100644
--- a/scripts/postinst-intercepts/update_gio_module_cache
+++ b/scripts/postinst-intercepts/update_gio_module_cache
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 
 PSEUDO_UNLOAD=1 qemuwrapper -L $D -E LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$D${libdir}:$D${base_libdir} \
-        $D${libexecdir}/${binprefix}gio-querymodules $D${libdir}/gio/modules/
-
-chown root:root $D${libdir}/gio/modules/giomodule.cache
+	$D${libexecdir}/${binprefix}gio-querymodules $D${libdir}/gio/modules/
 
+[ ! -e $D${libdir}/gio/modules/giomodule.cache ] ||
+	chown root:root $D${libdir}/gio/modules/giomodule.cache