diff --git a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-cache.service.in b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-cache.service.in
index 47c5b07f8..0d236fe9e 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-cache.service.in
+++ b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-cache.service.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ After=cryptsetup.target
 After=multipathd.target
 After=systemd-remount-fs.service
 Before=zfs-import.target
-ConditionPathExists=@sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache
+ConditionFileNotEmpty=@sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache
 ConditionPathIsDirectory=/sys/module/zfs
 
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diff --git a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-scan.service.in b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-scan.service.in
index 6520f3246..f0317e23e 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-scan.service.in
+++ b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-scan.service.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ After=systemd-udev-settle.service
 After=cryptsetup.target
 After=multipathd.target
 Before=zfs-import.target
-ConditionPathExists=!@sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache
+ConditionFileNotEmpty=!@sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache
 ConditionPathIsDirectory=/sys/module/zfs
 
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