diff --git a/gass/copy/source/globus_gass_copy_glob.c b/gass/copy/source/globus_gass_copy_glob.c
index f6aa7b41d..63063fc81 100644
--- a/gass/copy/source/globus_gass_copy_glob.c
+++ b/gass/copy/source/globus_gass_copy_glob.c
@@ -2096,7 +2096,10 @@ globus_l_gass_copy_cksm_file(
     {
         count = GASS_COPY_CKSM_BUFSIZE;
     }
-    globus_l_gass_copy_stat_file(url,&statbuf);
+    result = globus_l_gass_copy_stat_file(url,&statbuf);
+    if( result != GLOBUS_SUCCESS){
+    	goto error_fd;
+    }
     is_regular = statbuf.type == GLOBUS_GASS_COPY_GLOB_ENTRY_FILE;
     if( is_regular ){
     	fd = open(parsed_url.url_path, O_RDONLY);