Index: bin/mv/mv.c
===================================================================
--- bin/mv/mv.c	(revision 267984)
+++ bin/mv/mv.c	(working copy)
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ fastcopy(const char *from, const char *to, struct
 	static char *bp = NULL;
 	mode_t oldmode;
 	int nread, from_fd, to_fd;
+	struct stat to_sb;
 
 	if ((from_fd = open(from, O_RDONLY, 0)) < 0) {
 		warn("fastcopy: open() failed (from): %s", from);
@@ -329,6 +330,7 @@ err:		if (unlink(to))
 	 */
 	preserve_fd_acls(from_fd, to_fd, from, to);
 	(void)close(from_fd);
+
 	/*
 	 * XXX
 	 * NFS doesn't support chflags; ignore errors unless there's reason
@@ -336,10 +338,19 @@ err:		if (unlink(to))
 	 * if the server supports flags and we were trying to *remove* flags
 	 * on a file that we copied, i.e., that we didn't create.)
 	 */
-	errno = 0;
-	if (fchflags(to_fd, sbp->st_flags | UF_ARCHIVE))
-		if (errno != EOPNOTSUPP || ((sbp->st_flags & ~UF_ARCHIVE) != 0))
-			warn("%s: set flags (was: 0%07o)", to, sbp->st_flags);
+	if (fstat(to_fd, &to_sb) == 0) {
+		if ((sbp->st_flags  & ~UF_ARCHIVE) !=
+		    (to_sb.st_flags & ~UF_ARCHIVE)) {
+			errno = 0;
+			if (fchflags(to_fd,
+			    sbp->st_flags | (to_sb.st_flags & UF_ARCHIVE)))
+				if (errno != EOPNOTSUPP ||
+				    ((sbp->st_flags & ~UF_ARCHIVE) != 0))
+					warn("%s: set flags (was: 0%07o)",
+					    to, sbp->st_flags);
+		}
+	} else
+		warn("%s: can not stat", to);
 
 	tval[0].tv_sec = sbp->st_atime;
 	tval[1].tv_sec = sbp->st_mtime;