diff --git a/legacy/efreet/ChangeLog b/legacy/efreet/ChangeLog
index 46679298db..ba2b13afd0 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/ChangeLog
+++ b/legacy/efreet/ChangeLog
@@ -26,3 +26,7 @@
 
 	* Always use icon cache, remove old code
 
+2011-01-XX  Sebastian Dransfeld
+
+	* Make check for stat return more explicit
+
diff --git a/legacy/efreet/src/bin/efreet_icon_cache_create.c b/legacy/efreet/src/bin/efreet_icon_cache_create.c
index 3fa2f52c30..d2c002b741 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/src/bin/efreet_icon_cache_create.c
+++ b/legacy/efreet/src/bin/efreet_icon_cache_create.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ cache_directory_find(Eina_Hash *dirs, const char *dir)
     Efreet_Cache_Directory *dcache;
     struct stat st;
 
-    if (stat(dir, &st)) return EINA_FALSE;
+    if (stat(dir, &st) < 0) return EINA_FALSE;
     dcache = eina_hash_find(dirs, dir);
     if (!dcache)
     {