diff --git a/sessions.h b/sessions.h
index de18583..13c4fc3 100644
--- a/sessions.h
+++ b/sessions.h
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ int getpstartts(int pid, unsigned long long* startts) {
 	}
 
 	int bytes_read = read(fd, fc, sizeof(fc));
-	if (bytes_read < 0) {
-		close(fd);
-		err(1, "Could not read %s", path);
-	}
-	fc[bytes_read] = '\0';
 
 	close(fd);
 
+	if (bytes_read < 0)
+		err(1, "Could not read %s", path);
+
+	fc[bytes_read] = '\0';
+
 	if (memchr(ptr, '\0', bytes_read) != NULL)
 		return -1;
 
@@ -57,17 +57,14 @@ int ensuredir(int recur) {
 	int fd = open("/run/rdo", O_RDONLY, O_DIRECTORY | O_NOFOLLOW);
 
 	if (fd < 0) {
+		close(fd);
 		if (errno == ENOENT) {
-			if (mkdir("/run/rdo", 0700) < 0) {
-				close(fd);
+			if (mkdir("/run/rdo", 0700) < 0)
 				err(1, "Could not create /run/rdo");
-			}
-			close(fd);
 			return ensuredir(++recur);
-		} else {
-			close(fd);
-			err(1, "Could not open /run/rdo");
 		}
+		else
+			err(1, "Could not open /run/rdo");
 	}
 
 	if (fstat(fd, &st) < 0) {
@@ -97,11 +94,9 @@ void setsession(int pid, unsigned int ts_ttl) {
 
 	int fd = open(path, O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_WRONLY, 0700);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		if (errno == EEXIST) {
-			close(fd);
-			return;
-		}
 		close(fd);
+		if (errno == EEXIST)
+			return;
 		err(1, "Could not open %s", path);
 	}
 
@@ -131,11 +126,9 @@ int getsession(int pid, unsigned int ts_ttl) {
 
 	int fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		if (errno == ENOENT) {
-			close(fd);
-			return -1;
-		}
 		close(fd);
+		if (errno == ENOENT)
+			return -1;
 		err(1, "Could not open %s", path);
 	}