diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_config/ecore_config.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_config/ecore_config.c
index ddfc64f286..d8b587e9b6 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_config/ecore_config.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_config/ecore_config.c
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ ecore_config_init_global(const char *name)
 	snprintf(buf, PATH_MAX, "%s/.ecore/%s/.global", p, name);
 	global = creat(buf, S_IRWXU);
 
-	if (global)
+	if (global >= 0)
 	   close(global);
 
 	free(buf);