1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/context.h b/src/context.h
index 09734b3e..7373be39 100644
--- a/src/context.h
+++ b/src/context.h
@@ -112,16 +112,16 @@ inline parse_context_t open_for_reading(const path& pathname,
                                         const path& cwd)
 {
   path filename = resolve_path(pathname);
-
+#if BOOST_VERSION >= 104600 && BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION >= 3
+  filename = filesystem::absolute(filename, cwd);
+#else
+  filename = filesystem::complete(filename, cwd);
+#endif
   if (! exists(filename))
     throw_(std::runtime_error,
            _f("Cannot read journal file %1%") % filename);
 
-#if BOOST_VERSION >= 104600 && BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION >= 3
-  path parent(filesystem::absolute(pathname, cwd).parent_path());
-#else
-  path parent(filesystem::complete(pathname, cwd).parent_path());
-#endif
+  path parent(pathname.parent_path());
   shared_ptr<std::istream> stream(new ifstream(filename));
   parse_context_t context(stream, parent);
   context.pathname = filename;