1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 07e7f621a..b09681296 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -10073,8 +10073,9 @@ chkmail(void)
                 new_hash += (unsigned)statb.st_mtime;
         }
         if (!mail_var_path_changed && mailtime_hash != new_hash) {
+                if (mailtime_hash != 0)
+                        out2str("you have mail\n");
                 mailtime_hash = new_hash;
-                out2str("you have mail\n");
         }
         mail_var_path_changed = 0;
         popstackmark(&smark);