1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/install.sh b/arch/arm/boot/install.sh
index 06ea7d42ce8e..2a45092a40e3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/install.sh
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/install.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@
 #   $4 - default install path (blank if root directory)
 #
 
+verify () {
+        if [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
+                echo ""                                                   1>&2
+                echo " *** Missing file: $1"                              1>&2
+                echo ' *** You need to run "make" before "make install".' 1>&2
+                echo ""                                                   1>&2
+                exit 1
+        fi
+}
+
+# Make sure the files actually exist
+verify "$2"
+verify "$3"
+
 # User may have a custom install script
 if [ -x ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then exec ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"; fi
 if [ -x /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then exec /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"; fi