diff --git a/package/base-files/Makefile b/package/base-files/Makefile
index 1cda882bd3f..3fcf20a8443 100644
--- a/package/base-files/Makefile
+++ b/package/base-files/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/version.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=base-files
-PKG_RELEASE:=173.2
+PKG_RELEASE:=173.3
 PKG_FLAGS:=nonshared
 
 PKG_FILE_DEPENDS:=$(PLATFORM_DIR)/ $(GENERIC_PLATFORM_DIR)/base-files/
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/profile b/package/base-files/files/etc/profile
index 8ac9d6dbb5e..e9936fb36a9 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/profile
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/profile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 [ -e /tmp/.failsafe ] && export FAILSAFE=1
 
 [ -f /etc/banner ] && cat /etc/banner
-[ -n "$FAILSAFE" ] || cat /etc/banner.failsafe
+[ -n "$FAILSAFE" ] && cat /etc/banner.failsafe
 
 fgrep -sq '/ overlay ro,' /proc/mounts && {
 	echo 'Your JFFS2-partition seems full and overlayfs is mounted read-only.'