1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/stdlib/paths.c b/src/stdlib/paths.c
index d630ad7d..74526f7d 100644
--- a/src/stdlib/paths.c
+++ b/src/stdlib/paths.c
@@ -690,10 +690,11 @@ OptionalClosure_t Path$by_line(Path_t path) {
             // be closed by GC finalizers.
             GC_gcollect();
             f = fopen(path_str, "r");
-            if (f == NULL) return NONE_CLOSURE;
         }
     }
 
+    if (f == NULL) return NONE_CLOSURE;
+
     FILE **wrapper = GC_MALLOC(sizeof(FILE *));
     *wrapper = f;
     GC_register_finalizer(wrapper, (void *)_line_reader_cleanup, NULL, NULL, NULL);