diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
index 6d629e8c3b..fedd2f315f 100755
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ def update_epel_release_latest(releases):
                 if 'Packages' in str(path) and 'x86_64' in str(path):
                     dest = '/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-' + release[4]+ '.noarch.rpm'
                     if os.path.exists(dest):
-                        if not os.path.exists(os.readlink(dest)):
+                        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(EPELDEST,os.readlink(dest))):
                             os.remove(dest)
                             os.symlink(os.path.relpath(path, os.path.dirname(dest)), dest)
                             break