diff --git a/magick/nt-base.c b/magick/nt-base.c
index 34347c407f..da160b2e2a 100644
--- a/magick/nt-base.c
+++ b/magick/nt-base.c
@@ -1752,23 +1752,16 @@ MagickPrivate DIR *NTOpenDirectory(const char *path)
     MaxTextExtent);
   if (length == 0)
     return((DIR *) NULL);
+  if(wcsncat(file_specification,L"\\*.*",MaxTextExtent-wcslen(
+      file_specification)-1) == (wchar_t*) NULL)
+      return((DIR *) NULL);
   entry=(DIR *) AcquireCriticalMemory(sizeof(DIR));
   entry->firsttime=TRUE;
   entry->hSearch=FindFirstFileW(file_specification,&entry->Win32FindData);
   if (entry->hSearch == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
     {
-      if(wcsncat(file_specification,L"\\*.*",MaxTextExtent-wcslen(
-          file_specification)-1) == (wchar_t*) NULL)
-        {
-          entry=(DIR *) RelinquishMagickMemory(entry);
-          return((DIR *) NULL);
-        }
-      entry->hSearch=FindFirstFileW(file_specification,&entry->Win32FindData);
-      if (entry->hSearch == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
-        {
-          entry=(DIR *) RelinquishMagickMemory(entry);
-          return((DIR *) NULL);
-        }
+      entry=(DIR *) RelinquishMagickMemory(entry);
+      return((DIR *) NULL);
     }
   return(entry);
 }