diff --git a/modules/im/ximcp/imLcPrs.c b/modules/im/ximcp/imLcPrs.c
index 9bb45ff3..49799757 100644
--- a/modules/im/ximcp/imLcPrs.c
+++ b/modules/im/ximcp/imLcPrs.c
@@ -496,10 +496,10 @@ parseline(
             token = nexttoken(fp, tokenbuf, &lastch);
             if (token != KEY && token != STRING)
                 goto error;
-            if ((filename = TransFileName(im, tokenbuf)) == NULL)
-                goto error;
             if (++depth > 100)
                 goto error;
+            if ((filename = TransFileName(im, tokenbuf)) == NULL)
+                goto error;
             infp = _XFopenFile(filename, "r");
                 Xfree(filename);
             if (infp == NULL)