diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 31f64878fb..4b95f29365 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -401,9 +401,11 @@ void ThreadImport(std::vector<boost::filesystem::path> vImportFiles)
         int nFile = 0;
         while (true) {
             CDiskBlockPos pos(nFile, 0);
+            if (!boost::filesystem::exists(GetBlockPosFilename(pos, "blk")))
+                break; // No block files left to reindex
             FILE *file = OpenBlockFile(pos, true);
             if (!file)
-                break;
+                break; // This error is logged in OpenBlockFile
             LogPrintf("Reindexing block file blk%05u.dat...\n", (unsigned int)nFile);
             LoadExternalBlockFile(file, &pos);
             nFile++;
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index a3b31b719d..0816e36633 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -2766,7 +2766,7 @@ FILE* OpenDiskFile(const CDiskBlockPos &pos, const char *prefix, bool fReadOnly)
 {
     if (pos.IsNull())
         return NULL;
-    boost::filesystem::path path = GetDataDir() / "blocks" / strprintf("%s%05u.dat", prefix, pos.nFile);
+    boost::filesystem::path path = GetBlockPosFilename(pos, prefix);
     boost::filesystem::create_directories(path.parent_path());
     FILE* file = fopen(path.string().c_str(), "rb+");
     if (!file && !fReadOnly)
@@ -2793,6 +2793,12 @@ FILE* OpenUndoFile(const CDiskBlockPos &pos, bool fReadOnly) {
     return OpenDiskFile(pos, "rev", fReadOnly);
 }
 
+boost::filesystem::path GetBlockPosFilename(const CDiskBlockPos &pos, const char *prefix)
+{
+    boost::filesystem::path path = GetDataDir() / "blocks" / strprintf("%s%05u.dat", prefix, pos.nFile);
+    return path;  
+}
+
 CBlockIndex * InsertBlockIndex(uint256 hash)
 {
     if (hash == 0)
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 8c0a743e24..09de2187c4 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ bool CheckDiskSpace(uint64_t nAdditionalBytes = 0);
 FILE* OpenBlockFile(const CDiskBlockPos &pos, bool fReadOnly = false);
 /** Open an undo file (rev?????.dat) */
 FILE* OpenUndoFile(const CDiskBlockPos &pos, bool fReadOnly = false);
+/** Translation to a filesystem path */
+boost::filesystem::path GetBlockPosFilename(const CDiskBlockPos &pos, const char *prefix);
 /** Import blocks from an external file */
 bool LoadExternalBlockFile(FILE* fileIn, CDiskBlockPos *dbp = NULL);
 /** Initialize a new block tree database + block data on disk */