1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/procps/sysctl.c b/procps/sysctl.c
index b5a01894f..7c72ac933 100644
--- a/procps/sysctl.c
+++ b/procps/sysctl.c
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ int sysctl_write_setting(const char *setting, int output)
         while ((cptr = strchr(outname, '/')) != NULL)
                 *cptr = '.';
 
-        if ((fd = open(tmpname, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0666)) < 0) {
+        fd = open(tmpname, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0666);
+        if (fd < 0) {
                 switch (errno) {
                 case ENOENT:
                         bb_error_msg(ERR_INVALID_KEY, outname);