diff --git a/hw/xfree86/loader/loadmod.c b/hw/xfree86/loader/loadmod.c
index 12f5dc9..c84529f 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/loader/loadmod.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/loader/loadmod.c
@@ -408,8 +408,8 @@ FindModuleInSubdir(const char *dirpath, 
     while ((direntry = readdir(dir))) {
         if (direntry->d_name[0] == '.')
             continue;
-        if ((stat(direntry->d_name, &stat_buf) == 0) && S_ISDIR(stat_buf.st_mode)) {
-            snprintf(tmpBuf, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", dirpath, direntry->d_name);
+	snprintf(tmpBuf, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", dirpath, direntry->d_name);
+        if ((stat(tmpBuf, &stat_buf) == 0) && S_ISDIR(stat_buf.st_mode)) {
             if ((ret = FindModuleInSubdir(tmpBuf, module)))
                 break;
             continue;