diff --git a/contrib/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.c b/contrib/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.c
index 824b8c393c9..37a4c44acd9 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.c
+++ b/contrib/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ fuzzy_open_file(const char *directory, const char *fname)
 		fd = open(fname, O_RDONLY | PG_BINARY, 0);
 		if (fd < 0 && errno != ENOENT)
 			return -1;
-		else if (fd > 0)
+		else if (fd >= 0)
 			return fd;
 
 		/* XLOGDIR / fname */
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ fuzzy_open_file(const char *directory, const char *fname)
 		fd = open(fpath, O_RDONLY | PG_BINARY, 0);
 		if (fd < 0 && errno != ENOENT)
 			return -1;
-		else if (fd > 0)
+		else if (fd >= 0)
 			return fd;
 
 		datadir = getenv("PGDATA");
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ fuzzy_open_file(const char *directory, const char *fname)
 			fd = open(fpath, O_RDONLY | PG_BINARY, 0);
 			if (fd < 0 && errno != ENOENT)
 				return -1;
-			else if (fd > 0)
+			else if (fd >= 0)
 				return fd;
 		}
 	}
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ fuzzy_open_file(const char *directory, const char *fname)
 		fd = open(fpath, O_RDONLY | PG_BINARY, 0);
 		if (fd < 0 && errno != ENOENT)
 			return -1;
-		else if (fd > 0)
+		else if (fd >= 0)
 			return fd;
 
 		/* directory / XLOGDIR / fname */
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ fuzzy_open_file(const char *directory, const char *fname)
 		fd = open(fpath, O_RDONLY | PG_BINARY, 0);
 		if (fd < 0 && errno != ENOENT)
 			return -1;
-		else if (fd > 0)
+		else if (fd >= 0)
 			return fd;
 	}
 	return -1;