diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 515782caec10..24cdd914fd4a 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -526,12 +526,11 @@ void configGetCommand(redisClient *c) {
     if (stringmatch(pattern,"dir",0)) {
         char buf[1024];
 
-        addReplyBulkCString(c,"dir");
-        if (getcwd(buf,sizeof(buf)) == NULL) {
+        if (getcwd(buf,sizeof(buf)) == NULL)
             buf[0] = '\0';
-        } else {
-            addReplyBulkCString(c,buf);
-        }
+
+        addReplyBulkCString(c,"dir");
+        addReplyBulkCString(c,buf);
         matches++;
     }
     if (stringmatch(pattern,"dbfilename",0)) {