diff --git a/cmd/zed/zed_conf.c b/cmd/zed/zed_conf.c
index 9e67363f7f45..b66b67b530bd 100644
--- a/cmd/zed/zed_conf.c
+++ b/cmd/zed/zed_conf.c
@@ -206,16 +206,19 @@ _zed_conf_parse_path(char **resultp, const char *path)
 
 	if (path[0] == '/') {
 		*resultp = strdup(path);
-	} else if (!getcwd(buf, sizeof (buf))) {
-		zed_log_die("Failed to get current working dir: %s",
-		    strerror(errno));
-	} else if (strlcat(buf, "/", sizeof (buf)) >= sizeof (buf)) {
-		zed_log_die("Failed to copy path: %s", strerror(ENAMETOOLONG));
-	} else if (strlcat(buf, path, sizeof (buf)) >= sizeof (buf)) {
-		zed_log_die("Failed to copy path: %s", strerror(ENAMETOOLONG));
 	} else {
+		if (!getcwd(buf, sizeof (buf)))
+			zed_log_die("Failed to get current working dir: %s",
+			    strerror(errno));
+
+		if (strlcat(buf, "/", sizeof (buf)) >= sizeof (buf) ||
+		    strlcat(buf, path, sizeof (buf)) >= sizeof (buf))
+			zed_log_die("Failed to copy path: %s",
+			    strerror(ENAMETOOLONG));
+
 		*resultp = strdup(buf);
 	}
+
 	if (!*resultp)
 		zed_log_die("Failed to copy path: %s", strerror(ENOMEM));
 }