1 files changed, 5 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/less.c b/miscutils/less.c
index be8d20e66..7a441bf7e 100644
--- a/miscutils/less.c
+++ b/miscutils/less.c
@@ -615,11 +615,12 @@ static int safe_lineno(int fline)
 static void update_num_lines(void)
 {
         int count, fd;
+        struct stat stbuf;
         ssize_t len, i;
         char buf[4096];
 
         /* only do this for regular files */
-        if (num_lines != NOT_REGULAR_FILE) {
+        if (num_lines == REOPEN_AND_COUNT || num_lines == REOPEN_STDIN) {
                 count = 0;
                 fd = open("/proc/self/fd/0", O_RDONLY);
                 if (fd < 0 && num_lines == REOPEN_AND_COUNT) {
@@ -631,17 +632,10 @@ static void update_num_lines(void)
                         num_lines = NOT_REGULAR_FILE;
                         return;
                 }
-#if ENABLE_FEATURE_LESS_FLAGS
-                {
-                        struct stat stbuf;
-                        if (fstat(fd, &stbuf) != 0
-                         || !S_ISREG(stbuf.st_mode)
-                        ) {
-                                num_lines = NOT_REGULAR_FILE;
-                                goto do_close;
-                        }
+                if (fstat(fd, &stbuf) != 0 || !S_ISREG(stbuf.st_mode)) {
+                        num_lines = NOT_REGULAR_FILE;
+                        goto do_close;
                 }
-#endif
                 while ((len = safe_read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
                         for (i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
                                 if (buf[i] == '\n' && ++count == MAXLINES)