diff --git a/SuperLU.spec b/SuperLU.spec
index 3189808..092a911 100644
--- a/SuperLU.spec
+++ b/SuperLU.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 %global libver 5
 
 ## The RPM macro for the linker flags does not exist on EPEL
-%if 0%{?rhel} < 7
+%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 7
 %{!?__global_ldflags: %global __global_ldflags -Wl,-z,relro}
 %endif