diff --git a/debian/goatherd.postinst b/debian/goatherd.postinst
index a5ca3e9a65ec054bde5f0063e8021c80a9856440..b8c23df7adeba1968ea859a56a233ea0be62dee9 100644
--- a/debian/goatherd.postinst
+++ b/debian/goatherd.postinst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if test "$1" = "configure"; then
         adduser --quiet --system --group --no-create-home --home $statedir goatherd
     fi
 
-    if ! dpkg-statoverride --list $statedir >/dev/nill; then
+    if ! dpkg-statoverride --list $statedir >/dev/null; then
         dpkg-statoverride --quiet --update --add goatherd goatherd 0700 $statedir
     fi
 fi