diff --git a/src/conky.c b/src/conky.c
index c21b2c6b..8d37cdb8 100644
--- a/src/conky.c
+++ b/src/conky.c
@@ -6733,7 +6733,7 @@ static void main_loop(void)
 				break;
 		}
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_INOTIFY_H
-		if (!inotify_config_wd) {
+		if (inotify_fd && !inotify_config_wd) {
 			inotify_config_wd = inotify_add_watch(inotify_fd,
 					current_config,
 					IN_MODIFY);
diff --git a/src/llua.c b/src/llua.c
index e31c9d20..8b941e5c 100644
--- a/src/llua.c
+++ b/src/llua.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ void llua_load(const char *script)
 		ERR("llua_load: %s", lua_tostring(lua_L, -1));
 		lua_pop(lua_L, 1);
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_INOTIFY_H
-	} else if (!llua_block_notify) {
+	} else if (!llua_block_notify && inotify_fd) {
 		llua_append_notify(script);
 #endif /* HAVE_SYS_INOTIFY_H */
 	}