diff --git a/melamine/shred.py b/melamine/shred.py
index 0bf3ce5..6c98b1a 100644
--- a/melamine/shred.py
+++ b/melamine/shred.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ async def main(job: argparse.Namespace) -> bool:
         tasks = []
         # scandir/glob/rglob doesn't play nice with FileNotFound errors,
         # so let's avoid them entirely for now in /proc, /dev, and /sys
-        if any((mount_point / path).exists() for path in ("/proc", "/dev", "/sys")):
+        if any(await (mount_point / path).exists() for path in ("/proc", "/dev", "/sys")):
             # Traverse every directory in mount_point recursively except /proc, /dev, and /sys
             async for item in mount_point.glob("*"):
                 if await item.is_dir():