diff --git a/file.cpp b/file.cpp
index 98277b8007..3a3958742d 100644
--- a/file.cpp
+++ b/file.cpp
@@ -336,12 +336,12 @@ namespace Sass {
       }
       for(size_t i=0; i<extension.size();++i)
         extension[i] = tolower(extension[i]);
-      if (extension == ".sass" && contents != 0) {
+      if (extension == ".scss" && contents != 0) {
+        return contents;
+      } else {
         char * converted = sass2scss(contents, SASS2SCSS_PRETTIFY_1 | SASS2SCSS_KEEP_COMMENT);
         free(contents); // free the indented contents
         return converted; // should be freed by caller
-      } else {
-        return contents;
       }
     }