1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 b/lib/libc/gen/directory.3
index e6d8798e7fb2..992d2fcde520 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/directory.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/directory.3
@@ -207,10 +207,10 @@ see
 .Pp
 Sample code which searches a directory for entry ``name'' is:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
-len = strlen(name);
 dirp = opendir(".");
 if (dirp == NULL)
 	return (ERROR);
+len = strlen(name);
 while ((dp = readdir(dirp)) != NULL) {
 	if (dp->d_namlen == len && strcmp(dp->d_name, name) == 0) {
 		(void)closedir(dirp);