diff --git a/package/x11/xfree86/xfree86.cron b/package/x11/xfree86/xfree86.cron
index 8f2eb11f0..c12f97a98 100644
--- a/package/x11/xfree86/xfree86.cron
+++ b/package/x11/xfree86/xfree86.cron
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
 echo "Running mkfontscale / mkfontdir ..."
 for dir in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/* ; do
+	[ -d $dir ] || continue
 	echo -n "$dir "
-	mkfontscale $x
-	mkfontdir $x
+	mkfontscale $dir
+	mkfontdir $dir
 done ; unset dir
 echo