1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ftools.rb b/lib/ftools.rb
index 1b06bf5ecb..6e1c886e56 100644
--- a/lib/ftools.rb
+++ b/lib/ftools.rb
@@ -81,14 +81,14 @@ class << File
   def compare from, to, verbose = false
     $stderr.print from, " <=> ", to, "\n" if verbose
 
+    return false if stat(from).size != stat(to).size
+
     from = open(from, "rb")
     to = open(to, "rb")
 
     ret = false
     fr = tr = ''
 
-    return false if from.stat.size != to.stat.size
-
     begin
       while fr == tr
 	fr = from.read(BUFSIZE)