diff --git a/testsuite/runtest b/testsuite/runtest
index 91b7943..6a0dc9d 100755
--- a/testsuite/runtest
+++ b/testsuite/runtest
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@
 			status=1
 		fi
 	fi
-
-	if [ -f "$applet".tests ]
+	applet=`echo "$applet" | sed -n 's/\.tests$//p'`
+	if [ ${#applet} != 0 ]
 	then
 		rm -f links/"$applet"
 		ln -s ../../busybox links/"$applet"