diff --git a/extras/updater/main.c b/extras/updater/main.c
index 64d5b0710..8d790c374 100644
--- a/extras/updater/main.c
+++ b/extras/updater/main.c
@@ -210,8 +210,7 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
         const int N_DC_FILES = (sizeof(dc_files)/sizeof(dc_files[0]));
 
         // test for dc installation
-        res = sceIoGetstat(dc_files[0].path, &stat);
-        if (res >= 0){
+        if (strncmp(ark_config->arkpath, ARK_DC_PATH, sizeof(ARK_DC_PATH)) == 0){
             for (int i=0; i<N_DC_FILES; i++){
                 pspDebugScreenPrintf("Installing %s\n", dc_files[i].path);
                 int fdw = sceIoOpen(dc_files[i].path, PSP_O_WRONLY|PSP_O_CREAT|PSP_O_TRUNC, 0777);