diff --git a/Source/wave.cpp b/Source/wave.cpp
index d7f753a4c..48e47064f 100644
--- a/Source/wave.cpp
+++ b/Source/wave.cpp
@@ -38,8 +38,13 @@ BOOL WOpenFile(const char *FileName, HANDLE *phsFile, BOOL mayNotExist)
 	while (1) {
 		if (SFileOpenFile(FileName, phsFile))
 			return TRUE;
+#ifdef HELLFIRE
+		if (mayNotExist && GetLastError() == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
+			break;
+#else
 		if (mayNotExist && SErrGetLastError() == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
 			break;
+#endif
 		WGetFileArchive(NULL, &retry, FileName);
 	}
 	return FALSE;