diff --git a/radio/src/opentx.cpp b/radio/src/opentx.cpp
index c03446618..fe017aad2 100644
--- a/radio/src/opentx.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/opentx.cpp
@@ -1095,13 +1095,16 @@ void checkSDVersion()
     FRESULT result = f_open(&versionFile, "/opentx.sdcard.version", FA_OPEN_EXISTING | FA_READ);
     if ((result == FR_OK) && (f_size(&versionFile) == sizeof(REQUIRED_SDCARD_VERSION))) {
       f_read(&versionFile, &version, sizeof(REQUIRED_SDCARD_VERSION), &read);
-    }
-    f_close(&versionFile);
-    if (strncmp(version, REQUIRED_SDCARD_VERSION, sizeof(REQUIRED_SDCARD_VERSION)-1) != 0) {
-      TRACE("sdCheckVersion FAILED");
+      f_close(&versionFile);
+      if (strncmp(version, REQUIRED_SDCARD_VERSION, sizeof(REQUIRED_SDCARD_VERSION)-1) != 0) {
+        TRACE("sdCheckVersion FAILED: version are not the same");
+        ALERT(STR_SDCARDVERSIONWARN, STR_WRONG_SDCARDVERSION, AU_ERROR);
+      }
+    } else {
+      TRACE("sdCheckVersion FAILED: opentx.sdcard.version cannot be opened");
       ALERT(STR_SDCARDVERSIONWARN, STR_WRONG_SDCARDVERSION, AU_ERROR);
     }
-  }  
+  }
 }
 #endif