diff --git a/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbPager.c b/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbPager.c
index 0bf6de5482..dd3f09d5d2 100644
--- a/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbPager.c
+++ b/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbPager.c
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ int tdbPagerRestore(SPager *pPager, SBTree *pBt) {
   u8 *pageBuf = NULL;
 
   tdb_fd_t jfd = tdbOsOpen(pPager->jFileName, TDB_O_RDWR, 0755);
-  if (jfd < 0) {
+  if (jfd == NULL) {
     return 0;
   }