diff --git a/xenolinux-2.4.16-sparse/arch/xeno/drivers/dom0/dom0_core.c b/xenolinux-2.4.16-sparse/arch/xeno/drivers/dom0/dom0_core.c
index 501a0e1698..8ad82f1f1c 100644
--- a/xenolinux-2.4.16-sparse/arch/xeno/drivers/dom0/dom0_core.c
+++ b/xenolinux-2.4.16-sparse/arch/xeno/drivers/dom0/dom0_core.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static int dom_map_mem(unsigned int dom, unsigned long pfn, int tot_pages)
 
 		printk(KERN_ALERT "bd240 debug: dom_map: proc %d\n", ((dom_procdata_t *)pd->data)->domain);
 
-        if(((dom_procdata_t *)pd->data)->domain == dom){
+        if((pd->mode & S_IFDIR) && ((dom_procdata_t *)pd->data)->domain == dom){
 
             /* check if there is already an entry for mem and if so
              * remove it.