diff --git a/src/tools/pm_apply b/src/tools/pm_apply
index 91d5aa8a..6696f871 100644
--- a/src/tools/pm_apply
+++ b/src/tools/pm_apply
@@ -98,44 +98,48 @@ mangle_libpath() {
     log
 
     found=0
+    sedcmd=""
+    # look for lines to convert, if some are found add pattern to sed scriptlet
     for p in $candidates; do
-      totl_lines=$(grep -c "^\+\+\+" "$PATCH_PATH")
       cand_lines=$(grep -c "^\+\+\+ [^/]*$p" "$PATCH_PATH")
       if [ $cand_lines -eq 0 ]; then
         continue  # nothing found, try next
-      else
-        found=$(( $found + $cand_lines ))
-        if [ $totl_lines -ne $cand_lines ]; then
-          # if there are several references in the patch file our mangling might do too much and cause the patch to fail.
-          log "WARNING: mixed patch, conversion might not work"
-        fi
       fi
-      log "found: ${p}, replacing libpath references"
-      # prepare the replacement pattern
+      found=$(( $found + $cand_lines ))
+      log "Converting library path reference $p $cand_lines times"
+
+      # prepare the path replacement pattern
       pr=""
       if [ $SYS_BITNESS -eq 32 ]; then
         pr=$(printf '%s' "$p" | sed 's@/usr/lib64/@/usr/lib/@')
       elif [ $SYS_BITNESS -eq 64 ]; then
         pr=$(printf '%s' "$p" | sed 's@/usr/lib/@/usr/lib64/@')
+      else
+        failure
       fi
-      # doit
-      if [ $found -eq $cand_lines ]; then  # first run in loop
-        mkdir -p "$PM_PATCH_BACKUP_DIR"
-        patch_edited_path="$PM_PATCH_BACKUP_DIR"/"$PATCH_EDITED_NAME"
-        printf '#\n# Patch converted to %sbit library paths from its original by Patchmanager > 3.1\n# Date: %s\n#\n' $SYS_BITNESS $(date -Iseconds) \
-        | cat - "$PATCH_PATH" > "$patch_edited_path"
-      fi
-      sed -i "s@^\+\+\+ \([^/]*\)$p@+++ \1$pr@;s@^--- \([^/]*\)$p@--- \1$pr@" "$patch_edited_path" || failure || true  # patch the Patch
+      # append at the front so ';' can be easily used for separation 
+      sedcmd="s@^\+\+\+ \([^/]*\)$p@+++ \1$pr@;s@^--- \([^/]*\)$p@--- \1$pr@;$sedcmd"
     done
+
     if [ $found -eq 0 ]; then
       log
       log "OK, found nothing to convert."
       log
     else
+      mkdir -p "$PM_PATCH_BACKUP_DIR"
+      patch_edited_path="$PM_PATCH_BACKUP_DIR"/"$PATCH_EDITED_NAME"
+
+      # create mangled patch file and add a note to it
+      printf '#\n# Patch converted to %sbit library paths from its original by Patchmanager > 3.1\n# Date: %s\n#\n' $SYS_BITNESS $(date -Iseconds) \
+      | cat - "$PATCH_PATH" | sed "$sedcmd" > "$patch_edited_path"  # patch the Patch
+      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        failure
+      fi
+    
       log
-      log "OK, replaced $found libpath references and created: $patch_edited_path"
+      log "OK, converted $found library path references and created: $patch_edited_path"
       log
-      # set the patch to apply to the new one:
+      # set the patch path to the new one:
       PATCH_PATH="$patch_edited_path"
     fi
   fi
@@ -150,7 +154,6 @@ verify_text_patch() {
     log
 
     $PATCH_EXEC -p 1 -d "$ROOT_DIR" --dry-run < "$PATCH_PATH" 2>&1 | tee -a "$PM_LOG_FILE"
-
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
       failure
     fi