1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/stdlib/paths.c b/src/stdlib/paths.c
index 76d0d629..73f62975 100644
--- a/src/stdlib/paths.c
+++ b/src/stdlib/paths.c
@@ -330,10 +330,11 @@ OptionalList_t Path$read_bytes(Path_t path, OptionalInt_t count) {
             // be closed by GC finalizers.
             GC_gcollect();
             fd = open(path_str, O_RDONLY);
-            if (fd == -1) return NONE_LIST;
         }
     }
 
+    if (fd == -1) return NONE_LIST;
+
     struct stat sb;
     if (fstat(fd, &sb) != 0) return NONE_LIST;