diff --git a/ext/zip/php_zip.c b/ext/zip/php_zip.c
index 1f5bdb7358b..65e6a0db225 100644
--- a/ext/zip/php_zip.c
+++ b/ext/zip/php_zip.c
@@ -677,19 +677,6 @@ int php_zip_pcre(zend_string *regexp, char *path, int path_len, zval *return_val
 				break;
 			}
 
-			snprintf(fullpath, MAXPATHLEN, "%s%c%s", path, DEFAULT_SLASH, ZSTR_VAL(namelist[i]));
-
-			if (0 != VCWD_STAT(fullpath, &s)) {
-				php_error_docref(NULL, E_WARNING, "Cannot read <%s>", fullpath);
-				zend_string_release_ex(namelist[i], 0);
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			if (S_IFDIR == (s.st_mode & S_IFMT)) {
-				zend_string_release_ex(namelist[i], 0);
-				continue;
-			}
-
 			match_data = php_pcre_create_match_data(capture_count, re);
 			if (!match_data) {
 				/* Allocation failed, but can proceed to the next pattern. */
@@ -704,6 +691,19 @@ int php_zip_pcre(zend_string *regexp, char *path, int path_len, zval *return_val
 				continue;
 			}
 
+			snprintf(fullpath, MAXPATHLEN, "%s%c%s", path, DEFAULT_SLASH, ZSTR_VAL(namelist[i]));
+
+			if (0 != VCWD_STAT(fullpath, &s)) {
+				php_error_docref(NULL, E_WARNING, "Cannot read <%s>", fullpath);
+				zend_string_release_ex(namelist[i], 0);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			if (S_IFDIR == (s.st_mode & S_IFMT)) {
+				zend_string_release_ex(namelist[i], 0);
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			add_next_index_string(return_value, fullpath);
 			zend_string_release_ex(namelist[i], 0);
 		}