diff --git a/tests/kdc/check-iprop.in b/tests/kdc/check-iprop.in
index d1b48c2fb..39be7ef60 100644
--- a/tests/kdc/check-iprop.in
+++ b/tests/kdc/check-iprop.in
@@ -446,13 +446,13 @@ ${iprop_log} last-version > slave-last.tmp
 ${iprop_log} last-version > master-last.tmp
 cmp master-last.tmp slave-last.tmp || exit 1
 
-if [ "$db_type" = lmdb ]; then
+if [ "$db_type" = lmdb ] && type mdb_stat > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     # Sanity check that we have the same number of principals at the HDB
     # and LMDB levels.
     #
     # We should also do this for the sqlite backend, but that would
     # require a sqlite3(1) shell that is capable of opening our HDB
-    # files.  W
+    # files.
     echo "checking that principals in DB == entries in LMDB"
     princs=`${kadmin} -l list '*' | wc -l`
     entries=`mdb_stat -n current-db.mdb | grep 'Entries:' | awk '{print $2}'`