1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/procps/sysctl.c b/procps/sysctl.c
index 42de374d2..2ef19c1be 100644
--- a/procps/sysctl.c
+++ b/procps/sysctl.c
@@ -205,19 +205,21 @@ static int sysctl_act_on_setting(char *setting)
 
 static int sysctl_act_recursive(const char *path)
 {
-        DIR *dirp;
         struct stat buf;
-        struct dirent *entry;
-        char *next;
         int retval = 0;
 
-        stat(path, &buf);
-        if (S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode) && !(option_mask32 & FLAG_WRITE)) {
+        if (!(option_mask32 & FLAG_WRITE)
+         && stat(path, &buf) == 0
+         && S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode)
+        ) {
+                struct dirent *entry;
+                DIR *dirp;
+
                 dirp = opendir(path);
                 if (dirp == NULL)
                         return -1;
                 while ((entry = readdir(dirp)) != NULL) {
-                        next = concat_subpath_file(path, entry->d_name);
+                        char *next = concat_subpath_file(path, entry->d_name);
                         if (next == NULL)
                                 continue; /* d_name is "." or ".." */
                         /* if path was ".", drop "./" prefix: */
@@ -305,6 +307,8 @@ int sysctl_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 return sysctl_act_recursive(".");
         }
 
+//TODO: if(!argv[0]) bb_show_usage() ?
+
         retval = 0;
         while (*argv) {
                 sysctl_dots_to_slashes(*argv);