1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_local.c b/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
index f53bd640..1a46dfdf 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ int _alpm_local_db_write(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_pkg_t *info, alpm_dbinfrq_t inforeq
 	int retval = 0;
 	char *pkgpath = NULL;
 
-	if(db == NULL || info == NULL) {
+	if(db == NULL || info == NULL || !(db->status & DB_STATUS_LOCAL)) {
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -759,10 +759,6 @@ int _alpm_local_db_write(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_pkg_t *info, alpm_dbinfrq_t inforeq
 	/* make sure we have a sane umask */
 	oldmask = umask(0022);
 
-	if(strcmp(db->treename, "local") != 0) {
-		return -1;
-	}
-
 	/* DESC */
 	if(inforeq & INFRQ_DESC) {
 		_alpm_log(db->handle, ALPM_LOG_DEBUG, "writing %s-%s DESC information back to db\n",