diff --git a/openup b/openup
index 4495198..cb43ccd 100755
--- a/openup
+++ b/openup
@@ -133,13 +133,11 @@ check_openupd() {
 		_N=$(eval ${_CMD}) || exit 1
 	fi
 
-	if [ -n "${_N}" -o -n "${dryrun}" ]; then
-		if [ "${_OPENUP_VERSION}" -lt "${_N}" ]; then
-			pr_error "New openup release (version ${_N}) is available; please update with:"
-			pr_error "ftp -Vo $(readlink -f $0) ${OPENUP_URL}"
-			pr_error "Exiting"
-			exit 1
-		fi
+	if [ "${_OPENUP_VERSION}" -lt "${_N}" ]; then
+		pr_error "New openup release (version ${_N}) is available; please update with:"
+		pr_error "ftp -Vo $(readlink -f $0) ${OPENUP_URL}"
+		pr_error "Exiting"
+		exit 1
 	fi
 }