diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/DEBIAN/prerm.in b/projects/rocr-runtime/DEBIAN/prerm.in
index 5cc004f399..f16a1ab3b7 100755
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/DEBIAN/prerm.in
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/DEBIAN/prerm.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ rm_ldconfig() {
 }
 
 case "$1" in
-  ( remove )
+  ( remove | upgrade )
     rm_ldconfig
   ;;
   ( purge )
diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/RPM/postun.in b/projects/rocr-runtime/RPM/postun.in
index 8e8eb1fea4..0691ac8617 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/RPM/postun.in
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/RPM/postun.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # second term originates from ENABLE_LDCONFIG = ON/OFF at package build
-if [ $1 -eq 0 ] && [ "@ENABLE_LDCONFIG@" == "ON" ]; then
+if [ $1 -le 1 ] && [ "@ENABLE_LDCONFIG@" == "ON" ]; then
+    # perform the below actions for rpm remove($1=0) or upgrade($1=1) operations
     rm -f /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-libhsakmt.conf
     ldconfig
 fi