diff --git a/melamine/shred.py b/melamine/shred.py
index 6c98b1a..0fd4a59 100644
--- a/melamine/shred.py
+++ b/melamine/shred.py
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ 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(await (mount_point / path).exists() for path in ("/proc", "/dev", "/sys")):
+        check_paths = [mount_point / path for path in ("/proc", "/dev", "/sys")]
+        manual_process = any(await path.exists() for path in check_paths)
+        if manual_process:
             # Traverse every directory in mount_point recursively except /proc, /dev, and /sys
             async for item in mount_point.glob("*"):
                 if await item.is_dir():