diff --git a/buildscript b/buildscript
index 1917130..d969c63 100755
--- a/buildscript
+++ b/buildscript
@@ -115,12 +115,10 @@ get_source() {
 }
 
 patch_target() {
-    if [ "$(find "$PWD"/build_patches/openwrt/*.patch 2> /dev/null | wc -l)" -ge 1 ]; then
-        for patch in "$PWD"/build_patches/openwrt/*.patch; do
-            echo "Applying $patch:"
-            patch --no-backup-if-mismatch -p1 -d "$target" -i "$patch"
-        done
-    fi
+    for patch in $(ls "$PWD"/build_patches/openwrt/*.patch 2>/dev/null); do
+        echo "Applying $patch:"
+        patch --no-backup-if-mismatch -p1 -d "$target" -i "$patch"
+    done
 }
 
 prepare() {