diff --git a/dtool/src/dconfig/configTable.cxx b/dtool/src/dconfig/configTable.cxx
index 84687b244c..bd6924ca92 100644
--- a/dtool/src/dconfig/configTable.cxx
+++ b/dtool/src/dconfig/configTable.cxx
@@ -156,17 +156,16 @@ void ConfigTable::ReadConfigFile(void) {
     if (microconfig_cat->is_spam())
       microconfig_cat->spam() << "found " << config_files.get_num_files()
 			      << " files" << endl;
+  } else {
+    if (microconfig_cat->is_spam())
+      microconfig_cat->spam() << "searching for '" << configname << "'"
+			      << endl;
+    config_search.find_all_files(configname, config_files);
+    if (microconfig_cat->is_spam())
+      microconfig_cat->spam() << "found " << config_files.get_num_files()
+			      << " files" << endl;
   }
 
-  if (microconfig_cat->is_spam())
-    microconfig_cat->spam() << "searching for '" << configname << "'" << endl;
-
-  config_search.find_all_files(configname, config_files);
-
-  if (microconfig_cat->is_spam())
-    microconfig_cat->spam() << "found " << config_files.get_num_files()
-			    << " files" << endl;
-
   if (microconfig_cat->is_spam())
     microconfig_cat->spam() << "configpath parsed and searched"
 			    << endl;