diff --git a/make/git-submod.mk b/make/git-submod.mk
index 3851a6c6..23f616c4 100644
--- a/make/git-submod.mk
+++ b/make/git-submod.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ GIT_REPO_URL                 = ssh://$(JANWARE_USER_PREFIX)git.janware.com/srv/g
 SUBMOD_PATH                  = $(patsubst $(abspath $(TOPDIR))/%,%,$(abspath $(CWD)/$(SUBMOD_SRC_DIR)))
 SUB_GIT                      = git -C $(SUBMOD_SRC_DIR)
 
-ifeq ($(wildcard $(SUBMOD_SRC_DIR)/.git),)
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(SUBMOD_SRC_DIR)/.git),)
   SUBMOD_PKG_NAME           := $(shell $(SUB_GIT) remote -v | sed -n 's/^[a-zA-Z_]\+\s//; s/  *.*//; s%.*/%%; s%\.git%%; 1p')
   SUBMOD_MAIN_BRANCH        := $(firstword $(shell $(SUB_GIT) branch --format '%(refname:lstrip=2)'))
 endif
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ clean:
 distclean:
 
 git-init-submod-remote:
+	[ "$(SUBMOD_PKG_NAME)" ]    # SUBMOD_PKG_NAME
+	[ "$(SUBMOD_MAIN_BRANCH)" ] # SUBMOD_MAIN_BRANCH
+	[ "$(SUBMOD_SRC_DIR)" ]     # SUBMOD_SRC_DIR
+	[ "$(SUBMOD_PATH)" ]        # SUBMOD_PATH
+	[ "$(GIT_REPO_URL)" ]       # GIT_REPO_URL
 	$(GIT_SRV_ADMIN_SH) -F contrib create-repo $(SUBMOD_PKG_NAME)
 	$(SUB_GIT) remote rename origin upstream
 	$(SUB_GIT) remote set-url --push upstream no-push