diff --git a/package/mnemoc/clip/clip.conf b/package/mnemoc/clip/clip.conf
index fab712f4a..b187492a6 100644
--- a/package/mnemoc/clip/clip.conf
+++ b/package/mnemoc/clip/clip.conf
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ clip_patch() {
 	f=$( grep -e "^\[D\] .* $1" $confdir/clip.desc | cut -d' ' -f 3 )
 
 	if [ "$f" ]; then
-		f=${f%.tgz}.tbz2
+		if [ -z "${f%%*.tgz}" ]; then f=${f%.tgz}.tbz2; fi
 		echo "Applying $f to CLIP."
 		( cd ..; \
 		  ln -sv ${xsrcdir##*/} $2; \