diff --git a/misc/desktop/parse-config b/misc/desktop/parse-config
index 55727ecc7..93d2ad07e 100644
--- a/misc/desktop/parse-config
+++ b/misc/desktop/parse-config
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ postflist_desktop() {
 	tmp=`mktemp`
 
 	grep \.desktop\$ ${builddir}/flist.txt | while read desktop ; do
+		[ ! -f "${desktop}" ] && continue
 		[ "${desktop/opt?kde/}" != "${desktop}" ] && continue
 
 		echo "Checking ${desktop} ... "