1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-netdev.c b/src/network/networkd-netdev.c
index 9974913f49..8b96d60dca 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-netdev.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-netdev.c
@@ -495,11 +495,6 @@ static int netdev_load_one(Manager *manager, const char *filename) {
         assert(manager);
         assert(filename);
 
-        if (null_or_empty_path(filename)) {
-                log_debug("skipping empty file: %s", filename);
-                return 0;
-        }
-
         file = fopen(filename, "re");
         if (!file) {
                 if (errno == ENOENT)
@@ -508,6 +503,11 @@ static int netdev_load_one(Manager *manager, const char *filename) {
                         return -errno;
         }
 
+        if (null_or_empty_fd(fileno(file))) {
+                log_debug("Skipping empty file: %s", filename);
+                return 0;
+        }
+
         netdev = new0(NetDev, 1);
         if (!netdev)
                 return log_oom();