diff --git a/Source/cmOrderDirectories.cxx b/Source/cmOrderDirectories.cxx
index 54f23f794..24b7138df 100644
--- a/Source/cmOrderDirectories.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmOrderDirectories.cxx
@@ -113,25 +113,22 @@ protected:
 bool cmOrderDirectoriesConstraint::FileMayConflict(std::string const& dir,
                                                    std::string const& name)
 {
-  // Check if the file will be built by cmake.
-  std::set<cmStdString> const& files =
-    (this->GlobalGenerator->GetDirectoryContent(dir, false));
-  if(std::set<cmStdString>::const_iterator(files.find(name)) != files.end())
-    {
-    return true;
-    }
-
-  // Check if the file exists on disk and is not a symlink back to the
-  // original file.
+  // Check if the file exists on disk.
   std::string file = dir;
   file += "/";
   file += name;
-  if(cmSystemTools::FileExists(file.c_str(), true) &&
-     !cmSystemTools::SameFile(this->FullPath.c_str(), file.c_str()))
+  if(cmSystemTools::FileExists(file.c_str(), true))
     {
-    return true;
+    // The file conflicts only if it is not the same as the original
+    // file due to a symlink or hardlink.
+    return !cmSystemTools::SameFile(this->FullPath.c_str(), file.c_str());
     }
-  return false;
+
+  // Check if the file will be built by cmake.
+  std::set<cmStdString> const& files =
+    (this->GlobalGenerator->GetDirectoryContent(dir, false));
+  std::set<cmStdString>::const_iterator fi = files.find(name);
+  return fi != files.end();
 }
 
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