diff --git a/src/cron.c b/src/cron.c
index 7dc2958..69261c1 100644
--- a/src/cron.c
+++ b/src/cron.c
@@ -87,22 +87,21 @@ void set_cron_watched(int fd) {
 	for (i = 0; i < sizeof (wd) / sizeof (wd[0]); ++i) {
 		int w;
 
-		if (open(watchpaths[i], O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK, 0) != -1) {
-			w = inotify_add_watch(fd, watchpaths[i],
-				IN_CREATE | IN_CLOSE_WRITE | IN_ATTRIB | IN_MODIFY | IN_MOVED_TO |
-				IN_MOVED_FROM | IN_MOVE_SELF | IN_DELETE | IN_DELETE_SELF);
-			if (w < 0) {
-				if (wd[i] != -1) {
-					log_it("CRON", pid, "This directory or file can't be watched",
-						watchpaths[i], errno);
-					log_it("CRON", pid, "INFO", "running without inotify support", 0);
-				}
-				inotify_enabled = 0;
-				set_cron_unwatched(fd);
-				return;
+		w = inotify_add_watch(fd, watchpaths[i],
+			IN_CREATE | IN_CLOSE_WRITE | IN_ATTRIB | IN_MODIFY | IN_MOVED_TO |
+			IN_MOVED_FROM | IN_MOVE_SELF | IN_DELETE | IN_DELETE_SELF);
+		if (w < 0) {
+			if (wd[i] != -1) {
+				log_it("CRON", pid, "This directory or file can't be watched",
+					watchpaths[i], errno);
+				log_it("CRON", pid, "INFO", "running without inotify support",
+					0);
 			}
-			wd[i] = w;
+			inotify_enabled = 0;
+			set_cron_unwatched(fd);
+			return;
 		}
+		wd[i] = w;
 	}
 
 	if (!inotify_enabled) {