diff --git a/etc/rc.update_bogons.sh b/etc/rc.update_bogons.sh
index 26b0c3069f..7a733efdea 100755
--- a/etc/rc.update_bogons.sh
+++ b/etc/rc.update_bogons.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ sleep $value
 
 /etc/rc.conf_mount_rw
 /usr/bin/fetch -q -o /tmp/bogons "http://www.pfsense.com/mirrors/bogon-bn-nonagg.txt"
+if [ ! -f /tmp/bogons ]; then
+	echo "Could not download http://www.pfsense.com/mirrors/bogon-bn-nonagg.txt" | logger
+	exit
+fi
 egrep -v "^192.168.0.0/16|^172.16.0.0/12|^10.0.0.0/8" /tmp/bogons > /etc/bogons
 /etc/rc.conf_mount_ro
 /sbin/pfctl -t bogons -T replace -f /etc/bogons
+rm /tmp/bogons