diff --git a/patch/apply_patch.sh b/patch/apply_patch.sh
index 3c75b1da1a5a0ab843843f7f9dc181d388f01925..22af1f81b3d9c345c1e1d70cb1354719403468c5 100755
--- a/patch/apply_patch.sh
+++ b/patch/apply_patch.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ echo "create patched_sqlite_dir: $dst_dir"
 mkdir -p $dst_dir
 
 echo "copy $src_dir/* to $dst_dir/"
-cp -fra $src_dir/* $dst_dir
+cp -fa $src_dir/* $dst_dir
 
 ls -l $patch_dir/*.patch
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then