diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/aixlitesetup b/xCAT/postscripts/aixlitesetup
index 7b154a0e7..7a837d259 100644
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/aixlitesetup
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/aixlitesetup
@@ -29,11 +29,16 @@ ELIST=[]    # entry list, each entry will contain the type and the path
 INFO=`/usr/bin/cat /etc/niminfo | grep 'NIM_HOSTNAME'`
 ME=`echo $INFO | /usr/bin/awk -F= '{print $2}' | /usr/bin/awk -F. '{print $1}'`
 
-if [ ! -e ${STATELITE} ]; then
+if [ ! -s ${STATELITE} ]; then
 	echo "no ${STATELITE} file"
 	echo "no ${STATELITE} file"  >>$LOG
 	exit 0
 fi
+if [ ! -s ${LITEFILE} ]; then
+	echo "no ${LITEFILE} file"
+	echo "no ${LITEFILE} file"  >>$LOG
+	exit 0
+fi
 
 # check the statelite.table file to see if we have
 #       a persistent dir to mount.