diff --git a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/DEBIAN/prerm.in b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/DEBIAN/prerm.in
index 09404a612b..b7bc04b85d 100755
--- a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/DEBIAN/prerm.in
+++ b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/DEBIAN/prerm.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ rm_ldconfig() {
 }
 
 case "$1" in
-  ( remove )
+  ( remove | upgrade)
     rm_ldconfig
   ;;
   ( purge )
diff --git a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/RPM/postun.in b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/RPM/postun.in
index 05c2a309ab..d54cd9b2ea 100755
--- a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/RPM/postun.in
+++ b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/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-librocm_smi_lib.conf
     ldconfig
 fi