1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/copy_file.c b/libbb/copy_file.c
index 0763b4586..35352d27a 100644
--- a/libbb/copy_file.c
+++ b/libbb/copy_file.c
@@ -165,11 +165,10 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
                                         return -1;
                                 }
 
-                                dest_exists = 0;
+                                goto dest_removed;
                         }
-                }
-
-                if (!dest_exists) {
+                } else {
+dest_removed:
                         dst_fd = open(dest, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, source_stat.st_mode);
                         if (dst_fd == -1) {
                                 bb_perror_msg("unable to open `%s'", dest);