1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/os_unix.c b/src/os_unix.c
index 2d377ef56..3b2b2e2a5 100644
--- a/src/os_unix.c
+++ b/src/os_unix.c
@@ -5917,7 +5917,9 @@ static int unixOpen(
       rc = unixLogError(SQLITE_CANTOPEN_BKPT, "open", zName);
       /* If unable to create a journal, change the error code to
       ** indicate that the directory permissions are wrong. */
-      if( isNewJrnl && osAccess(zName, F_OK) ) rc = SQLITE_READONLY_DIRECTORY;
+      if( isNewJrnl && errno==EACCES && osAccess(zName, F_OK) ){
+        rc = SQLITE_READONLY_DIRECTORY;
+      }
       goto open_finished;
     }