diff --git a/lib/wasi/src/syscalls/mod.rs b/lib/wasi/src/syscalls/mod.rs
index 49b48062b..0309367c5 100644
--- a/lib/wasi/src/syscalls/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/wasi/src/syscalls/mod.rs
@@ -1979,9 +1979,9 @@ pub fn path_remove_directory(
 
     let host_path_to_remove = match &state.fs.inodes[inode].kind {
         Kind::Dir { entries, path, .. } => {
-            if !entries.is_empty() {
-                return __WASI_ENOTEMPTY;
-            } else if wasi_try!(std::fs::read_dir(path).ok(), __WASI_EIO).count() != 0 {
+            if !entries.is_empty()
+                || wasi_try!(std::fs::read_dir(path).ok(), __WASI_EIO).count() != 0
+            {
                 return __WASI_ENOTEMPTY;
             }
             path.clone()