diff --git a/config/cfgroot/ids-functions.pl b/config/cfgroot/ids-functions.pl
index b2e1a5520..64d98a388 100644
--- a/config/cfgroot/ids-functions.pl
+++ b/config/cfgroot/ids-functions.pl
@@ -1512,15 +1512,15 @@ sub get_ruleset_date($) {
 	# Get timestamp the file creation.
 	my $mtime = $stat->mtime;
 
+	# Check if the timestamp has not been grabbed.
+	unless ($mtime) {
+		# Return N/A for Not available.
+		return "N/A";
+	}
+
 	# Convert into human read-able format.
 	$date = strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', localtime($mtime));
 
-	# Check if a date has been obtained.
-	unless ($date) {
-		# Assign N/A for Not available.
-		$date = "N/A";
-	}
-
 	# Return the date.
 	return $date;
 }