diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index c595c009..c5213f44 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -3035,21 +3035,14 @@ do_find_source(const char *src, struct stat *stb, int *errcode, path_info *pi)
 
 	assert(errcode != NULL);
 
-	/* some kind of path name, no search */
-	if (ispath(src)) {
-		emalloc(path, char *, strlen(src) + 1, "do_find_source");
-		strcpy(path, src);
-		if (stat(path, stb) == 0)
-			return path;
-		*errcode = errno;
-		efree(path);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	if (pi->awkpath == NULL)
 		init_awkpath(pi);
 
 	emalloc(path, char *, pi->max_pathlen + strlen(src) + 1, "do_find_source");
+	strcpy(path, src);
+	if (stat(path, stb) == 0)
+		return path;
+
 	for (i = 0; pi->awkpath[i] != NULL; i++) {
 		if (strcmp(pi->awkpath[i], "./") == 0 || strcmp(pi->awkpath[i], ".") == 0)
 			*path = '\0';