diff --git a/pkgutils/src/libpkgdb.c b/pkgutils/src/libpkgdb.c
index 977d6b9..0286507 100644
--- a/pkgutils/src/libpkgdb.c
+++ b/pkgutils/src/libpkgdb.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void pkg_init_db() {
 	list_init(&pkg_db);
 	pkg_read_db(pkg_db_file);
 
-	fclose(pkg_db_file) && die("can't close db file");
+	if (fclose(pkg_db_file)) die("can't close db file");
 	free(dbpath);
 	return;
 }