diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e7c26d2..6f27c3d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ supported as replacement, no regexp submatch support yet (planned, though).
 
 ## Changelog
 
+ - 1.3
+   - Fix stack trace dump on Linux when file is not readable
  - 1.2
    - `.gitignore` fixes will never end it seems, another one
  - 1.1
diff --git a/goreplace.go b/goreplace.go
index 7c00434..e022c81 100644
--- a/goreplace.go
+++ b/goreplace.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	Author  = "Alexander Solovyov"
-	Version = "1.2"
+	Version = "1.3"
 
 	byteNewLine = []byte("\n")
 )
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ func (v *GRVisitor) VisitFile(fn string, fi os.FileInfo) {
 	}
 
 	f, content := v.GetFileAndContent(fn, fi)
+	if f == nil {
+		return
+	}
 	defer f.Close()
 
 	if opts.Replace == nil {