diff --git a/usr.sbin/cron/cron/database.c b/usr.sbin/cron/cron/database.c
index 6665d87ea482..f8c6aa934f9d 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/cron/cron/database.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/cron/cron/database.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ load_database(old_db)
 				if (dp->d_name[0] == '.')
 					continue;
 				ret = fstatat(dirfd(dir), dp->d_name, &st, 0);
-				if (ret == 0 && !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
+				if (ret != 0 || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
 					continue;
 				maxmtime = TMAX(st.st_mtime, maxmtime);
 			}