1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 b/lib/libc/gen/directory.3
index 3be3fa894fc3..e6d8798e7fb2 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/directory.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/directory.3
@@ -209,13 +209,16 @@ Sample code which searches a directory for entry ``name'' is:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 len = strlen(name);
 dirp = opendir(".");
-while ((dp = readdir(dirp)) != NULL)
-	if (dp->d_namlen == len && !strcmp(dp->d_name, name)) {
+if (dirp == NULL)
+	return (ERROR);
+while ((dp = readdir(dirp)) != NULL) {
+	if (dp->d_namlen == len && strcmp(dp->d_name, name) == 0) {
 		(void)closedir(dirp);
-		return FOUND;
+		return (FOUND);
 	}
+}
 (void)closedir(dirp);
-return NOT_FOUND;
+return (NOT_FOUND);
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