1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ftpgetput.c b/networking/ftpgetput.c
index a23c64af1..44e91c37a 100644
--- a/networking/ftpgetput.c
+++ b/networking/ftpgetput.c
@@ -174,16 +174,9 @@ static int ftp_recieve(FILE *control_stream, const char *host, const char *local
                 filesize = atol(buf + 4);
         }
 
-        /* only make a local file if we know that one exists on the remote server */
-        if (do_continue) {
-                fd_local = xopen(local_file, O_APPEND | O_WRONLY);
-        } else {
-                fd_local = xopen(local_file, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY);
-        }
-
         if (do_continue) {
                 struct stat sbuf;
-                if (fstat(fd_local, &sbuf) < 0) {
+                if (lstat(local_file, &sbuf) < 0) {
                         perror_msg_and_die("fstat()");
                 }
                 if (sbuf.st_size > 0) {
@@ -206,6 +199,13 @@ static int ftp_recieve(FILE *control_stream, const char *host, const char *local
                 error_msg_and_die("RETR error: %s", buf + 4);
         }
 
+        /* only make a local file if we know that one exists on the remote server */
+        if (do_continue) {
+                fd_local = xopen(local_file, O_APPEND | O_WRONLY);
+        } else {
+                fd_local = xopen(local_file, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY);
+        }
+
         /* Copy the file */
         if (copyfd(fd_data, fd_local, filesize) == -1) {
                 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);