diff --git a/base/univention-config-registry/debian/univention-config.postinst b/base/univention-config-registry/debian/univention-config.postinst
index 9d72435f82..3e6854ff55 100644
--- a/base/univention-config-registry/debian/univention-config.postinst
+++ b/base/univention-config-registry/debian/univention-config.postinst
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ trigger () {
 			for info in $(find /etc/univention/templates/info -name '*.info' -print)
 			do
 				pkg=$(basename "$info" .info)
-				state=$(dpkg-query -W -f '${Status}' "$pkg") || continue
+				state=$(dpkg-query -W -f '${Status}' "$pkg" 2>/dev/null) || continue
 				case "$state" in
 					unknown*) # never installed; no state in /var/lib/dpkg/status
 						;;