diff --git a/once/update.sh b/once/update.sh
index 04b274a..f3ed93c 100755
--- a/once/update.sh
+++ b/once/update.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ for tarball in $tarballs; do
 	echo ..................................................
 
 	if [ "$tarball" != 'updater.tar.gz' ]; then
-		tar -xpvf /updates/$tarball -C "$SYSROOT" || exit 2
+		tar -xpv --no-same-owner -f /updates/$tarball -C "$SYSROOT" || exit 2
 	fi
 
 	echo archiving old $tarball