1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lread.c b/src/lread.c
index 1bcad4672f0..a75e615acda 100644
--- a/src/lread.c
+++ b/src/lread.c
@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ close_load_descs ()
 {
 #ifndef WINDOWSNT
   Lisp_Object tail;
-  for (tail = load_descriptor_list; !NILP (tail); tail = XCDR (tail))
+  for (tail = load_descriptor_list; CONSP (tail); tail = XCDR (tail))
     emacs_close (XFASTINT (XCAR (tail)));
 #endif
 }