diff --git a/src/libstd/fs.rs b/src/libstd/fs.rs
index 734f774043d6d..3c742a9ee56e3 100644
--- a/src/libstd/fs.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/fs.rs
@@ -1341,8 +1341,9 @@ pub fn remove_dir_all<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> io::Result<()> {
 ///     if dir.is_dir() {
 ///         for entry in try!(fs::read_dir(dir)) {
 ///             let entry = try!(entry);
-///             if try!(entry.file_type()).is_dir() {
-///                 try!(visit_dirs(&entry.path(), cb));
+///             let path = entry.path();
+///             if path.is_dir() {
+///                 try!(visit_dirs(&path, cb));
 ///             } else {
 ///                 cb(&entry);
 ///             }