diff --git a/open-vm-tools/scripts/common/statechange.sh b/open-vm-tools/scripts/common/statechange.sh
index 40732519a..49aee2afa 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools/scripts/common/statechange.sh
+++ b/open-vm-tools/scripts/common/statechange.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ RunScripts() {
 
    if [ -d "$scriptDir" ]; then
       for scriptFile in "$scriptDir"/*; do
-         if [ -x "$scriptFile" ]; then
+         if [ -x "$scriptFile" -a -f "$scriptFile" ]; then
             "$scriptFile" $powerOp
             exitCode=`expr $exitCode \| $?`
          fi