1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/rvi b/rvi
index 9520332..2689fb1 100755
--- a/rvi
+++ b/rvi
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ fi
 rm -f $1.rvi.diff
 
 co -l $1
-chown $owner $1
 if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
 	echo "Check out failed."
 	echo "Maybe someone else is currently editing this file."
 	echo "Aborting rvi."
 	exit 1
 fi
+chown $owner $1
 /usr/bin/vim $1
 ci -u $1
 chown $owner $1