diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index e71b639..4da3afc 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -4575,7 +4575,7 @@
 	if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
 	    size = 0;
 	// non-perfect check for overflow
-	if ((off_T)size != (off_T)st.st_size)
+	else if ((off_T)size != (off_T)st.st_size)
 	    size = -2;
 	if (dict_add_number(item, "size", size) == FAIL)
 	    goto theend;