1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editors/vi.c b/editors/vi.c
index 28612508f..f925984ba 100644
--- a/editors/vi.c
+++ b/editors/vi.c
@@ -2306,7 +2306,7 @@ static int file_size(const char *fn) // what is the byte size of "fn"
         int cnt;
 
         cnt = -1;
-        if (fn && fn[0] && stat(fn, &st_buf) == 0)      // see if file exists
+        if (fn && stat(fn, &st_buf) == 0)       // see if file exists
                 cnt = (int) st_buf.st_size;
         return cnt;
 }