diff --git a/iptables.init b/iptables.init
index 93fb093..b4b8364 100755
--- a/iptables.init
+++ b/iptables.init
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	RETVAL=$?
 	;;
     condrestart|try-restart)
-	[ ! -e "$VAR_SUBSYS_IPTABLES" ] && exit 7
+	[ $running -eq 0 ] || exit 0
 	restart
 	RETVAL=$?
 	;;
diff --git a/iptables.spec b/iptables.spec
index 33f26e6..bf9d42c 100644
--- a/iptables.spec
+++ b/iptables.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Name: iptables
 Summary: Tools for managing Linux kernel packet filtering capabilities
 Version: 1.3.8
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 2.1%{?dist}
 Source: http://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1: iptables.init
 Source2: iptables-config
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ fi
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 17 2007 Thomas Woerner <twoerner@redhat.com> 1.3.8-2.1
+- do not use lock file for condrestart test
+
 * Thu Aug 23 2007 Thomas Woerner <twoerner@redhat.com> 1.3.8-2
 - fixed initscript for LSB conformance (rhbz#246953, rhbz#242459)
 - provide iptc interface again, but unsupported (rhbz#216733)