diff --git a/heartbeat/nfsserver-redhat.sh b/heartbeat/nfsserver-redhat.sh
index cef0862ee..73a70c186 100644
--- a/heartbeat/nfsserver-redhat.sh
+++ b/heartbeat/nfsserver-redhat.sh
@@ -1,169 +1,171 @@
 NFS_SYSCONFIG="/etc/sysconfig/nfs"
 NFS_SYSCONFIG_LOCAL_BACKUP="/etc/sysconfig/nfs.ha.bu"
 NFS_SYSCONFIG_AUTOGEN_TAG="AUTOGENERATED by $0 high availability resource-agent"
 
 nfsserver_redhat_meta_data() {
 cat<<EOF
 <parameter name="nfsd_args" unique="0" required="0">
 <longdesc lang="en">
 Specifies what arguments to pass to the nfs daemon on startup. View the rpc.nfsd man page for information on what arguments are available.
 Note that setting this value will override all settings placed in the local /etc/sysconfig/nfs file.
 </longdesc>
 <shortdesc lang="en">
 rpc.nfsd options
 </shortdesc>
 <content type="string" />
 </parameter>
 
 <parameter name="lockd_udp_port" unique="0" required="0">
 <longdesc lang="en">
 The udp port lockd should listen on.
 Note that setting this value will override all settings placed in the local /etc/sysconfig/nfs file.
 </longdesc>
 <shortdesc lang="en">
 lockd udp port
 </shortdesc>
 <content type="integer" />
 </parameter>
 
 <parameter name="lockd_tcp_port" unique="0" required="0">
 <longdesc lang="en">
 The tcp port lockd should listen on.
 Note that setting this value will override all settings placed in the local /etc/sysconfig/nfs file.
 </longdesc>
 <shortdesc lang="en">
 lockd tcp port
 </shortdesc>
 <content type="integer" />
 </parameter>
 
 <parameter name="statd_outgoing_port" unique="0" required="0">
 <longdesc lang="en">
 The source port number sm-notify uses when sending reboot notifications.
 Note that setting this value will override all settings placed in the local /etc/sysconfig/nfs file.
 </longdesc>
 <shortdesc lang="en">
 sm-notify source port
 </shortdesc>
 <content type="integer" />
 </parameter>
 
 <parameter name="statd_port" unique="0" required="0">
 <longdesc lang="en">
 The port number used for RPC listener sockets.
 Note that setting this value will override all settings placed in the local /etc/sysconfig/nfs file.
 </longdesc>
 <shortdesc lang="en">
 rpc.statd listener port
 </shortdesc>
 <content type="integer" />
 </parameter>
 
 <parameter name="mountd_port" unique="0" required="0">
 <longdesc lang="en">
 The port number used for rpc.mountd listener sockets.
 Note that setting this value will override all settings placed in the local /etc/sysconfig/nfs file.
 </longdesc>
 <shortdesc lang="en">
 rpc.mountd listener port
 </shortdesc>
 <content type="integer" />
 </parameter>
 
 <parameter name="rquotad_port" unique="0" required="0">
 <longdesc lang="en">
 The port number used for rpc.rquotad.
 Note that setting this value will override all settings placed in the local /etc/sysconfig/nfs file.
 </longdesc>
 <shortdesc lang="en">
 rpc.rquotad port
 </shortdesc>
 <content type="integer" />
 </parameter>
 EOF
 }
 
 set_arg()
 {
 	local key="$1"
 	local value="$2"
 	local file="$3"
 	local requires_sysconfig="$4"
 
 	if [ -z "$value" ]; then
 		return
 	fi
 
 	# only write to the tmp /etc/sysconfig/nfs if sysconfig exists.
 	# otherwise this distro does not support setting these options.
 	if [ -d "/etc/sysconfig" ]; then
 		# replace if the value exists, append otherwise
 		if grep "^\s*${key}=" $file ; then
 			sed -i "s/\s*${key}=.*$/${key}=\"${value}\"/" $file
 		else
 			echo "${key}=\"${value}\"" >> $file
 		fi
 	elif [ "$requires_sysconfig" = "true" ]; then
 		ocf_log warn "/etc/sysconfig/nfs not found, unable to set port and nfsd args."
 	fi
 
 	export ${key}="${value}"
 }
 
 set_env_args()
 {
 	local tmpconfig=$(mktemp ${HA_RSCTMP}/nfsserver-tmp-XXXXX)
 	local statd_args
 
 	if [ -f "$NFS_SYSCONFIG" ]; then
 		## Take the $NFS_SYSCONFIG file as our skeleton
 		cp $NFS_SYSCONFIG $tmpconfig
 	fi
 
 	# nfsd args
 	set_arg "RPCNFSDARGS" "$OCF_RESKEY_nfsd_args" "$tmpconfig" "true"
 
 	# mountd args
 	if [ -n "$OCF_RESKEY_mountd_port" ]; then
 		set_arg "RPCMOUNTDOPTS" "-p $OCF_RESKEY_mountd_port" "$tmpconfig" "true"
 	fi
 
 	# statd args. we always want to perform the notify using sm-notify after
 	# both rpc.statd and the nfsd daemons are initialized
 	statd_args="--no-notify"
 	if [ -n "$OCF_RESKEY_statd_outgoing_port" ]; then
 		statd_args="$statd_args -o $OCF_RESKEY_statd_outgoing_port"
 	fi
 	if [ -n "$OCF_RESKEY_statd_port" ]; then
 		statd_args="$statd_args -p $OCF_RESKEY_statd_port"
 	fi
 	set_arg "STATDARG" "$statd_args" "$tmpconfig" "false"
 
 	# lockd ports
 	set_arg "LOCKD_UDPPORT" "$OCF_RESKEY_lockd_udp_port" "$tmpconfig" "true"
 	set_arg "LOCKD_TCPPORT" "$OCF_RESKEY_lockd_tcp_port" "$tmpconfig" "true"
 
 	# rquotad_port
 	if [ -n "$OCF_RESKEY_rquotad_port" ]; then
 		set_arg "RPCRQUOTADOPTS" "-p $OCF_RESKEY_rquotad_port" "$tmpconfig" "true"
 	fi
 
 	# override local nfs config. preserve previous local config though.
 	if [ -s $tmpconfig ]; then
-		cat $NFS_SYSCONFIG | grep -q -e "$NFS_SYSCONFIG_AUTOGEN_TAG" > /dev/null 2>&1 
-		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-			# backup local nfs config if it doesn't have our HA autogen tag in it.
-			mv -f $NFS_SYSCONFIG $NFS_SYSCONFIG_LOCAL_BACKUP
+		if [ -f "$NFS_SYSCONFIG" ]; then
+			cat $NFS_SYSCONFIG | grep -q -e "$NFS_SYSCONFIG_AUTOGEN_TAG" > /dev/null 2>&1
+			if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+				# backup local nfs config if it doesn't have our HA autogen tag in it.
+				mv -f $NFS_SYSCONFIG $NFS_SYSCONFIG_LOCAL_BACKUP
+			fi
 		fi
 
 		cat $tmpconfig | grep -q -e "$NFS_SYSCONFIG_AUTOGEN_TAG" > /dev/null 2>&1 
 		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 			echo "# $NFS_SYSCONFIG_AUTOGEN_TAG" > $NFS_SYSCONFIG
 			echo "# local config backup stored here, '$NFS_SYSCONFIG_LOCAL_BACKUP'" >> $NFS_SYSCONFIG
 			cat $tmpconfig >> $NFS_SYSCONFIG
 		else
 			cat $tmpconfig > $NFS_SYSCONFIG
 		fi
 	fi
 	rm -f $tmpconfig
 }