diff --git a/src/initscripts/init.d/networking/red.up/99-geoip-database b/src/initscripts/init.d/networking/red.up/99-geoip-database
index c79eda15d..4bd3ee2ab 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/init.d/networking/red.up/99-geoip-database
+++ b/src/initscripts/init.d/networking/red.up/99-geoip-database
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@
 
 # Get the GeoIP database if no one exists yet.
 
-DIR=/usr/share/xt_geoip
+DIR="/usr/share/xt_geoip/*"
 
 found=false
 
 # Check if the directory contains any data.
-for i in $DIR/*; do
-        found=true
-        break
+for i in $DIR; do
+	# Ignore "." and ".."
+	if [ -d "$i" ]; then
+        	found=true
+        	break
+	fi
 done
 
 # Download ruleset if none has been found.