From 177bf5ea28953dc7b3e8cbece0500ae7ace39e36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nybblista <170842536+nybblista@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 11:36:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix #142570: check file type before skipping the source first
 line

---
 Modules/main.c | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Modules/main.c b/Modules/main.c
index 74e48c94732565..6a8551ac23aa8f 100644
--- a/Modules/main.c
+++ b/Modules/main.c
@@ -380,6 +380,14 @@ pymain_run_file_obj(PyObject *program_name, PyObject *filename,
         return 2;
     }
 
+    struct _Py_stat_struct sb;
+    if (_Py_fstat_noraise(fileno(fp), &sb) == 0 && S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) {
+        PySys_FormatStderr("%S: %R is a directory, cannot continue\n",
+                           program_name, filename);
+        fclose(fp);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
     if (skip_source_first_line) {
         int ch;
         /* Push back first newline so line numbers remain the same */
@@ -391,14 +399,6 @@ pymain_run_file_obj(PyObject *program_name, PyObject *filename,
         }
     }
 
-    struct _Py_stat_struct sb;
-    if (_Py_fstat_noraise(fileno(fp), &sb) == 0 && S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) {
-        PySys_FormatStderr("%S: %R is a directory, cannot continue\n",
-                           program_name, filename);
-        fclose(fp);
-        return 1;
-    }
-
     // Call pending calls like signal handlers (SIGINT)
     if (Py_MakePendingCalls() == -1) {
         fclose(fp);