diff --git a/src/ff.c b/src/ff.c
index e4199c3..0891ec2 100644
--- a/src/ff.c
+++ b/src/ff.c
@@ -2329,14 +2329,11 @@ FRESULT validate (	/* FR_OK(0): The object is valid, !=0: Invalid */
 	FIL *fil = (FIL*)obj;	/* Assuming offset of .fs and .id in the FIL/DIR structure is identical */
 
 
-	if (!fil || !fil->fs || !fil->fs->fs_type || fil->fs->id != fil->id)
+	if (!fil || !fil->fs || !fil->fs->fs_type || fil->fs->id != fil->id || (disk_status(fil->fs->drv) & STA_NOINIT))
 		return FR_INVALID_OBJECT;
 
 	ENTER_FF(fil->fs);		/* Lock file system */
 
-	if (disk_status(fil->fs->drv) & STA_NOINIT)
-		return FR_NOT_READY;
-
 	return FR_OK;
 }