1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/usr/gen_init_cpio.c b/usr/gen_init_cpio.c
index 59df70d9d1dc..f463cafdccb2 100644
--- a/usr/gen_init_cpio.c
+++ b/usr/gen_init_cpio.c
@@ -309,18 +309,18 @@ static int cpio_mkfile(const char *name, const char *location,
 
         mode |= S_IFREG;
 
-        retval = stat (location, &buf);
-        if (retval) {
-                fprintf (stderr, "File %s could not be located\n", location);
-                goto error;
-        }
-
         file = open (location, O_RDONLY);
         if (file < 0) {
                 fprintf (stderr, "File %s could not be opened for reading\n", location);
                 goto error;
         }
 
+        retval = fstat (file, &buf);
+        if (retval) {
+                fprintf (stderr, "File %s could not be stat()'ed\n", location);
+                goto error;
+        }
+
         filebuf = malloc(buf.st_size);
         if (!filebuf) {
                 fprintf (stderr, "out of memory\n");