diff --git a/scripts/kernel-functions b/scripts/kernel-functions
index 38233802d..73769393e 100644
--- a/scripts/kernel-functions
+++ b/scripts/kernel-functions
@@ -785,11 +785,7 @@ function download_and_extract_distro_rpm {
 		    rpm2cpio "${kernel_downloads}/kernel-${kver}.src.rpm" |
 			cpio -i --make-directories --quiet &&
 			tar xaf "linux-${kver}"*.tar.* &&
-			if [ -e "linux-${kver}" ]; then
-			    mv "linux-${kver}" ..
-			else
-			    mv "linux-${kver}"*[^z] "../linux-${kver}"
-			fi
+			mv "linux-${kver}"*[^z] "../linux-${kver}"
 		    ;;
 		UEK)
 		    rpm2cpio "${kernel_downloads}/kernel-uek-${kver}.src.rpm" |