1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/make.c b/miscutils/make.c
index 1e7b77ddb..bd3b23f21 100644
--- a/miscutils/make.c
+++ b/miscutils/make.c
@@ -2083,11 +2083,11 @@ input(FILE *fd, int ilevel)
                                         make(newname(p), 1);
                                         opts &= ~OPT_include;
                                 }
+                                makefile = p;
                                 if ((ifd = fopen(p, "r")) == NULL) {
                                         if (!minus)
                                                 error("can't open include file '%s'", p);
                                 } else {
-                                        makefile = p;
                                         input(ifd, ilevel + 1);
                                         fclose(ifd);
                                 }