diff --git a/include/tests_printers_spools b/include/tests_printers_spools
index 050ff36f..4ebd146f 100644
--- a/include/tests_printers_spools
+++ b/include/tests_printers_spools
@@ -91,8 +91,10 @@
         LogText "Test: Searching cupsd configuration file"
         for I in ${CUPSD_CONFIG_LOCS}; do
             if [ -f ${I}/cupsd.conf ]; then
-                CUPSD_CONFIG_FILE="${I}/cupsd.conf"
-                LogText "Result: found ${CUPSD_CONFIG_FILE}"
+                if FileIsReadable ${I}/cupsd.conf; then
+                    CUPSD_CONFIG_FILE="${I}/cupsd.conf"
+                    LogText "Result: found ${CUPSD_CONFIG_FILE}"
+                fi
             fi
         done
         if [ ! "${CUPSD_CONFIG_FILE}" = "" ]; then