diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.datadrive.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.datadrive.sh
index 1d835f662..d642e34ce 100755
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.datadrive.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.datadrive.sh
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "status" ]; then
     do
       devMounted=$(lsblk -o MOUNTPOINT,NAME | grep "$disk" | grep -c "^/")
       # is raid candidate when not mounted and not the data drive candidate (hdd/ssd)
-      if [ ${devMounted} -eq 0 ] && [ "${disk}" != "${hdd}" ] && [ "${hdd}" != "" ]; then
+      if [ ${devMounted} -eq 0 ] && [ "${disk}" != "${hdd}" ] && [ "${hdd}" != "" ] && [ "${disk}" != "" ]; then
         sizeBytes=$(lsblk -o NAME,SIZE -b | grep "^${disk}" | awk '$1=$1' | cut -d " " -f 2)
         sizeGigaBytes=$(echo "scale=0; ${sizeBytes}/1024/1024/1024" | bc -l)
         vedorname=$(lsblk -o NAME,VENDOR | grep "^${disk}" | awk '$1=$1' | cut -d " " -f 2)