Index: cpio-2.11/src/copyin.c
===================================================================
--- cpio-2.11.orig/src/copyin.c	2010-08-10 16:45:19.000000000 +0200
+++ cpio-2.11/src/copyin.c	2010-08-10 16:45:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -862,6 +862,8 @@ read_pattern_file ()
   pattern_fp = fopen (pattern_file_name, "r");
   if (pattern_fp == NULL)
     open_error (pattern_file_name);
+  else
+  {
   while (ds_fgetstr (pattern_fp, &pattern_name, '\n') != NULL)
     {
       if (new_num_patterns >= max_new_patterns)
@@ -876,6 +878,7 @@ read_pattern_file ()
     }
   if (ferror (pattern_fp) || fclose (pattern_fp) == EOF)
     close_error (pattern_file_name);
+  }
 
   for (i = 0; i < num_patterns; ++i)
     new_save_patterns[i] = save_patterns[i];