diff --git a/src/parse.c b/src/parse.c
index d0c4a79..e6d96f2 100644
--- a/src/parse.c
+++ b/src/parse.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ parse_keywords(const char *filename)
      bool error = False;
 
 
-     if ((fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY)) == -1 || stat(filename, &st) == -1) {
+     if (stat(filename, &st) == -1 || (fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
           warn("%s", filename);
           return NULL;
      }