diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/DEBIAN/Binary/prerm.in b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/DEBIAN/Binary/prerm.in
index b995a3e8ae..cbc66dff39 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/DEBIAN/Binary/prerm.in
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/DEBIAN/Binary/prerm.in
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ rm_ldconfig() {
 }
 
 case "$1" in
-   ( remove )
+   ( remove | upgrade)
        rm_ldconfig
    ;;
    ( * )
diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/RPM/Binary/postun.in b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/RPM/Binary/postun.in
index 744a770d22..4c1f8f5eb2 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/RPM/Binary/postun.in
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/RPM/Binary/postun.in
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 # left-hand 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/hsa-rocr.conf
     ldconfig
 fi