diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 22734fd..14334bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ supported as replacement, no regexp submatch support yet (planned, though).
 
 ## Changelog
 
+ - 1.7
+   - Remove false error reporting about not being able to replace. I'm sorry for
+     messing this up
  - 1.6
    - Add option to not colorize output
    - Remove false error reporting about parsing .gitmodules
diff --git a/goreplace.go b/goreplace.go
index d30a8a7..c38acc6 100644
--- a/goreplace.go
+++ b/goreplace.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	Author  = "Alexander Solovyov"
-	Version = "1.6"
+	Version = "1.7"
 )
 var byteNewLine = []byte("\n")
 
@@ -194,8 +194,10 @@ func (v *GRVisitor) VisitFile(fn string, fi os.FileInfo) {
 	if changed {
 		f.Seek(0, 0)
 		n, err := f.Write(result)
-		errhandle(fmt.Errorf("Error writing replacement to file '%s': %s",
-			fn, err), true)
+		if err != nil {
+			errhandle(fmt.Errorf("Error writing replacement to file '%s': %s",
+				fn, err), true)
+		}
 		if int64(n) < fi.Size() {
 			err := f.Truncate(int64(n))
 			if err != nil {