i, filelock_status=-1;
 
 
-       for ( i = 0; i < fcntl_attempts; i++ ) {
-               if ( (outfile = fopen(event_file, "a")) == NULL ) {
-                       edg_wll_SetError(ctx, errno, "fopen()");
-                       goto event_write_end;
-               }
+       if ( (outfile = fopen(event_file, "a")) == NULL ) {
+               edg_wll_SetError(ctx, errno, "fopen()");
+               goto event_write_end;
+       }
 
-               if ( (filedesc = fileno(outfile)) == -1 ) {
-                       edg_wll_SetError(ctx, errno, "fileno()");
-                       fclose(outfile); 
-                       goto cleanup;
-               }
+       if ( (filedesc = fileno(outfile)) == -1 ) {
+               edg_wll_SetError(ctx, errno, "fileno()");
+               fclose(outfile); 
+               goto cleanup;
+       }
 
+       for ( i = 0; i < fcntl_attempts; i++ ) {
                filelock.l_type = F_WRLCK;
                filelock.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
                filelock.l_start = 0;
                                edg_wll_SetError(ctx, errno, "fcntl()");
                                goto cleanup;
                        }
-               }
+               } else break;
        }
 
        if ( fseek(outfile, 0, SEEK_END) == -1 ) {