diff --git a/logrotate b/logrotate
index 3d082bc..e0fa9ec 100644
--- a/logrotate
+++ b/logrotate
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 	sharedscripts
 	compress
 	postrotate
-		test -r /var/run/nginx.pid && kill -USR1 `cat /var/run/nginx.pid`
+		test ! -r /var/run/nginx.pid || kill -USR1 `cat /var/run/nginx.pid`
 	endscript
 }