diff --git a/releng.control/getFromCVS-relengControl.sh b/releng.control/getFromCVS-relengControl.sh
index 83e0bb9e4a879ae66802edc4935145b0b1fed787..a43eadc6966f49905d2629acb2653a1de385f681 100644
--- a/releng.control/getFromCVS-relengControl.sh
+++ b/releng.control/getFromCVS-relengControl.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ echo "	saving serialized state ..."
 cp releng.control/*.ser .
 
 echo "	removing all of releng.control ..."
-rm -fr releng.control
+rm -fr releng.control/*
 mkdir -p releng.control
 
 echo "	checking out head of releng.control from cvs ..."