--- Lib/py_compile.py.orig	2013-10-30 08:16:08.478176098 +0100
+++ Lib/py_compile.py	2013-10-30 08:16:12.849167355 +0100
@@ -108,15 +108,15 @@
     byte-compile all installed files (or all files in selected
     directories).
     """
-    with tokenize.open(file) as f:
-        try:
-            st = os.fstat(f.fileno())
-        except AttributeError:
-            st = os.stat(file)
-        timestamp = int(st.st_mtime)
-        size = st.st_size & 0xFFFFFFFF
-        codestring = f.read()
     try:
+        with tokenize.open(file) as f:
+            try:
+                st = os.fstat(f.fileno())
+            except AttributeError:
+                st = os.stat(file)
+            timestamp = int(st.st_mtime)
+            size = st.st_size & 0xFFFFFFFF
+            codestring = f.read()
         codeobject = builtins.compile(codestring, dfile or file, 'exec',
                                       optimize=optimize)
     except Exception as err: