diff --git a/src/util/uuid.c b/src/util/uuid.c
index 823a2b9136..15ba5af181 100644
--- a/src/util/uuid.c
+++ b/src/util/uuid.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2007-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Red Hat, Inc.
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ getDMISystemUUID(char *uuid, int len)
 
     while (paths[i]) {
         int fd = open(paths[i], O_RDONLY);
-        if (fd > 0) {
+        if (fd >= 0) {
             if (saferead(fd, uuid, len) == len) {
                 VIR_FORCE_CLOSE(fd);
                 return 0;