diff --git a/releng.control/getFromCVS-relengControl.sh b/releng.control/getFromCVS-relengControl.sh
index f7b01a1493c23458deb9048a97b058260fce5363..68130d607edeaf7afaa1e11b8e9f6e4a52851c33 100644
--- a/releng.control/getFromCVS-relengControl.sh
+++ b/releng.control/getFromCVS-relengControl.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@
 # for a local build, there should never be a need to check it back in to CVS.
 # 
 
+
+if [ ! -e releng.control ] 
+then
+	cd .. 
+	if [ ! -e releng.control ] 
+	then	
+    echo "releng.control does not exist as sub directory";
+	exit ?#;
+	fi
+fi
+
 echo "	saving serialized state ..."
 cp releng.control/*.ser .