Check mk/validate.mk exists before we try grepping it

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/validate b/validate
index 0a0677e908..32432b60be 100755
--- a/validate
+++ b/validate
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ the minimal testing procedure, please do further testing as necessary.
 When you are satisfied that you haven't broken anything, go ahead and
 push/send your patches.
 EOF
-        if grep -q "^[^#]" mk/validate.mk
+        if [ -f mk/validate.mk ] && grep -q "^[^#]" mk/validate.mk
         then
             cat <<EOF