1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lread.c b/src/lread.c
index 69b53629ec1..b8db117c79c 100644
--- a/src/lread.c
+++ b/src/lread.c
@@ -1772,7 +1772,7 @@ openp (Lisp_Object path, Lisp_Object str, Lisp_Object suffixes,
               }
           }
       }
-    if (absolute)
+    if (absolute || NILP (path))
       break;
     path = XCDR (path);
   } while (CONSP (path));