2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 973f9c1b2a6..a9d47ebca16 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2011-06-13  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
+        * lread.c (Fload): Don't compare a possibly-garbage time_t value.
+
         GLYPH_CODE_FACE returns EMACS_INT, not int.
         * dispextern.h (merge_faces):
         * xfaces.c (merge_faces):
diff --git a/src/lread.c b/src/lread.c
index 0426cd4d548..b789457b223 100644
--- a/src/lread.c
+++ b/src/lread.c
@@ -1203,10 +1203,13 @@ Return t if the file exists and loads successfully.  */)
 #ifdef DOS_NT
           fmode = "rb";
 #endif /* DOS_NT */
-          stat (SSDATA (efound), &s1);
-          SSET (efound, SBYTES (efound) - 1, 0);
-          result = stat (SSDATA (efound), &s2);
-          SSET (efound, SBYTES (efound) - 1, 'c');
+          result = stat (SSDATA (efound), &s1);
+          if (result == 0)
+            {
+              SSET (efound, SBYTES (efound) - 1, 0);
+              result = stat (SSDATA (efound), &s2);
+              SSET (efound, SBYTES (efound) - 1, 'c');
+            }
 
           if (result == 0 && s1.st_mtime < s2.st_mtime)
             {