diff --git a/mail/exim/files/150.exim-tidydb.sh b/mail/exim/files/150.exim-tidydb.sh
index 34a25236b6d8..67e6895309f0 100644
--- a/mail/exim/files/150.exim-tidydb.sh
+++ b/mail/exim/files/150.exim-tidydb.sh
@@ -1,49 +1,49 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # Exim hints database maintenance
 # 
 #   contributed by: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com>
 #
 
 # If there is a global system configuration file, suck it in.
 #
 if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]; then
     . /etc/defaults/periodic.conf
     source_periodic_confs
 fi
 
 : ${exim_tidydb_enable="YES"}
 : ${exim_tidydb="%%PREFIX%%/sbin/exim_tidydb"}
 # Set this to arbitrary shell command to filter
 # the output from this periodic script, for example,
 # exim_tidydb_filter="| tail -100".
 : ${exim_tidydb_filter=""}
 : ${exim_dbdir="/var/spool/exim"}
 
 tidy () {
 	for db in "$exim_dbdir"/db/*.lockfile; do
 	    [ "$db" = "$exim_dbdir/db/*.lockfile" ] && continue
 	    echo
 	    db_name=`basename "$db" .lockfile`
-	    if [ -e "${exim_dbdir}/db/${db_name}" ]; then
+	    if [ -e "${exim_dbdir}/db/${db_name}.db" ]; then
 	        "$exim_tidydb" "$exim_dbdir" "$db_name"
 	    fi
 	done
 }
 
 case "$exim_tidydb_enable" in
     [Yy][Ee][Ss])
 	echo ""
 	echo "Tidying Exim hints databases:"
 	eval tidy "$exim_tidydb_filter"
 	if [ $? = 0 ]; then
 		rc=0
 	else
 		rc=1
 	fi
 	;;
 
     *)  rc=0;;
 esac
 
 exit $rc