diff --git a/lib/commands/toolcontext.c b/lib/commands/toolcontext.c
index c416575aa..002af05e7 100644
--- a/lib/commands/toolcontext.c
+++ b/lib/commands/toolcontext.c
@@ -640,8 +640,7 @@ static int _process_config(struct cmd_context *cmd)
 	if (!strcmp(cmd->stripe_filler, "/dev/ioerror") &&
 	    stat(cmd->stripe_filler, &st))
 		cmd->stripe_filler = "error";
-
-	if (strcmp(cmd->stripe_filler, "error")) {
+	else if (strcmp(cmd->stripe_filler, "error")) {
 		if (stat(cmd->stripe_filler, &st)) {
 			log_warn("WARNING: activation/missing_stripe_filler = \"%s\" "
 				 "is invalid,", cmd->stripe_filler);