diff --git a/lib/std/fs/test.zig b/lib/std/fs/test.zig
index 7354b91c702a025438d1892e60c7fcb13247907b..77b16c1164164238c9b4eb1128d0e7e4f7d674b5 100644
--- a/lib/std/fs/test.zig
+++ b/lib/std/fs/test.zig
@@ -1851,23 +1851,24 @@ test "selective walker, skip entries that start with ." {
     var num_walked: usize = 0;
     while (try walker.next()) |entry| {
         if (entry.basename[0] == '.') continue;
+        testing.expect(expected_basenames.has(entry.basename)) catch |err| {
+            std.debug.print("found unexpected basename: {f}\n", .{std.ascii.hexEscape(entry.basename, .lower)});
+            return err;
+        };
+        testing.expect(expected_paths.has(entry.path)) catch |err| {
+            std.debug.print("found unexpected path: {f}\n", .{std.ascii.hexEscape(entry.path, .lower)});
+            return err;
+        };
+
+        testing.expectEqual(expected_paths.get(entry.path).?, walker.depth()) catch |err| {
+            std.debug.print("path reported unexpected depth: {f}, {d}, expected {d}\n", .{ std.ascii.hexEscape(entry.path, .lower), walker.depth(), expected_paths.get(entry.path).? });
+            return err;
+        };
+
         if (entry.kind == .directory) {
             try walker.enter(entry);
         }
 
-        testing.expect(expected_basenames.has(entry.basename)) catch |err| {
-            std.debug.print("found unexpected basename: {f}\n", .{std.ascii.hexEscape(entry.basename, .lower)});
-            return err;
-        };
-        testing.expect(expected_paths.has(entry.path)) catch |err| {
-            std.debug.print("found unexpected path: {f}\n", .{std.ascii.hexEscape(entry.path, .lower)});
-            return err;
-        };
-
-        testing.expectEqual(expected_paths.get(entry.path).?, walker.depth()) catch |err| {
-            std.debug.print("path reported unexpected depth: {f}, {d}", .{ std.ascii.hexEscape(entry.path, .lower), walker.depth() });
-            return err;
-        };
         // make sure that the entry.dir is the containing dir
         var entry_dir = try entry.dir.openDir(entry.basename, .{});
         defer entry_dir.close();