diff --git a/mountinfo/mountinfo_linux.go b/mountinfo/mountinfo_linux.go
index ba7778d7..2c187f17 100644
--- a/mountinfo/mountinfo_linux.go
+++ b/mountinfo/mountinfo_linux.go
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ import (
 func GetMountsFromReader(r io.Reader, filter FilterFunc) ([]*Info, error) {
 	s := bufio.NewScanner(r)
 	out := []*Info{}
-	var err error
 	for s.Scan() {
-		if err = s.Err(); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
+		var err error
+
 		/*
 		   See http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/proc.5.html
 
@@ -133,6 +131,9 @@ func GetMountsFromReader(r io.Reader, filter FilterFunc) ([]*Info, error) {
 			break
 		}
 	}
+	if err := s.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	return out, nil
 }