1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/doc.c b/src/doc.c
index 6e7906578a4..a20ecbdb753 100644
--- a/src/doc.c
+++ b/src/doc.c
@@ -126,9 +126,6 @@ get_doc_string (Lisp_Object filepos, bool unibyte, bool definition)
   fd = emacs_open (name, O_RDONLY, 0);
   if (fd < 0)
     {
-      if ((errno == EMFILE) || (errno == ENFILE))
-        report_file_error ("Read error on documentation file", file);
-
 #ifndef CANNOT_DUMP
       if (!NILP (Vpurify_flag))
         {
@@ -141,6 +138,9 @@ get_doc_string (Lisp_Object filepos, bool unibyte, bool definition)
 #endif
       if (fd < 0)
         {
+          if (errno == EMFILE || errno == ENFILE)
+            report_file_error ("Read error on documentation file", file);
+
           SAFE_FREE ();
           AUTO_STRING (cannot_open, "Cannot open doc string file \"");
           AUTO_STRING (quote_nl, "\"\n");