diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust_1.67.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust_1.67.1.bb
index eecb05ae02..83f9bec68a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust_1.67.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust_1.67.1.bb
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ rust_runx () {
 
     # Copy the natively built llvm-config into the target so we can run it. Horrible,
     # but works!
-    if [ ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH_NATIVE} != ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH} ]; then
+    if [ ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH_NATIVE} != ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH} -a ! -f ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH} ]; then
         mkdir -p `dirname ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH}`
         cp ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH_NATIVE} ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH}
         chrpath -d ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH}