diff --git a/src/postfork.cpp b/src/postfork.cpp
index aeb6d223e..775b45a52 100644
--- a/src/postfork.cpp
+++ b/src/postfork.cpp
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ void safe_report_exec_error(int err, const char *actual_cmd, const char *const *
             break;
         }
 
+        case EACCES:
         case ENOENT: {
             // ENOENT is returned by exec() when the path fails, but also returned by posix_spawn if
             // an open file action fails. These cases appear to be impossible to distinguish. We
@@ -481,24 +482,21 @@ void safe_report_exec_error(int err, const char *actual_cmd, const char *const *
                            "Failed to execute process '%s': The file exists and is executable. "
                            "Check the interpreter or linker?",
                            actual_cmd);
-            } else {
+            } else if (err == ENOENT) {
                 FLOGF_SAFE(exec,
                            "Failed to execute process '%s': The file does not exist or could not "
                            "be executed.",
                            actual_cmd);
+            } else {
+                FLOGF_SAFE(exec, "Failed to execute process '%s': The file could not be accessed.",
+                           actual_cmd);
             }
             break;
         }
-
         case ENOMEM: {
             FLOGF_SAFE(exec, "Out of memory");
             break;
         }
-        case EACCES: {
-            FLOGF_SAFE(exec, "Failed to execute process '%s': The file could not be accessed.",
-                       actual_cmd);
-            break;
-        }
         case ETXTBSY: {
             FLOGF_SAFE(exec, "Failed to execute process '%s': File is currently open for writing.",
                        actual_cmd);