1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/checkcfg.c b/src/firejail/checkcfg.c
index d7690a4fc..f3ab0a6d8 100644
--- a/src/firejail/checkcfg.c
+++ b/src/firejail/checkcfg.c
@@ -134,8 +134,7 @@ int checkcfg(int val) {
                                         *end = '\0';
 
                                 // is the file present?
-                                struct stat s;
-                                if (stat(fname, &s) == -1) {
+                                if (access(fname, F_OK) == -1) {
                                         fprintf(stderr, "Error: netfilter-default file %s not available\n", fname);
                                         exit(1);
                                 }