diff --git a/recovery.c b/recovery.c
index 3fabd5b..3d0f9d0 100644
--- a/recovery.c
+++ b/recovery.c
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@
     if (strchr("wa", mode[0])) dirCreateHierarchy(path, 0777, NULL, 1);
 
     FILE *fp = fopen(path, mode);
-    if (fp == NULL) LOGE("Can't open %s\n", path);
     return fp;
 }
 
@@ -228,7 +227,9 @@
     // By this point, we're ready to return to the main system...
     if (send_intent != NULL) {
         FILE *fp = fopen_root_path(INTENT_FILE, "w");
-        if (fp != NULL) {
+        if (fp == NULL) {
+            LOGE("Can't open %s\n", INTENT_FILE);
+        } else {
             fputs(send_intent, fp);
             check_and_fclose(fp, INTENT_FILE);
         }
@@ -236,7 +237,9 @@
 
     // Copy logs to cache so the system can find out what happened.
     FILE *log = fopen_root_path(LOG_FILE, "a");
-    if (log != NULL) {
+    if (log == NULL) {
+        LOGE("Can't open %s\n", LOG_FILE);
+    } else {
         FILE *tmplog = fopen(TEMPORARY_LOG_FILE, "r");
         if (tmplog == NULL) {
             LOGE("Can't open %s\n", TEMPORARY_LOG_FILE);