diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 60e11fd..d2a401c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Revision history for Lufi
 
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+	- 🐛 Check if provisioning lockfile mod time exists before using it (#208)
+
 0.05.2 2020-07-25
 	- 🔥 Remove code from abandonned feature
 	- Fix regression introduced in 0.05.1 (#201)
diff --git a/lib/Lufi.pm b/lib/Lufi.pm
index 9daef2f..085d248 100644
--- a/lib/Lufi.pm
+++ b/lib/Lufi.pm
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ sub startup {
             my ($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid,$rdev,$size,$atime,$mtime,$ctime,$blksize,$blocks) = stat($lockfile);
 
             # Remove the lockfile if more than 20 seconds old
-            if (time - $mtime > 20) {
+            if ($mtime && time - $mtime > 20) {
                 unlink $lockfile if -e $lockfile; # if -e just to be sure the file hasn’t been removed while checking it
             } else {
                 return;