diff --git a/Zip/Zip.swift b/Zip/Zip.swift
index c2a13e0effa1ecbe36cde8ac7f0ed5d878c050b5..a74d325d5ca330acf0d0346fb4b4b8e1f8bc8e45 100644
--- a/Zip/Zip.swift
+++ b/Zip/Zip.swift
@@ -207,12 +207,11 @@ public class Zip {
         // Get totalSize for progress handler
         for path in processedPaths {
             do {
-                if let filePath = path.filePathURL.path {
-                    let fileAttributes = try fileManager.attributesOfItemAtPath(filePath)
-                    let fileSize = fileAttributes[NSFileSize] as? Double
-                    if let fileSize = fileSize {
-                        totalSize += fileSize
-                    }
+                let filePath = path.filePath()
+                let fileAttributes = try fileManager.attributesOfItemAtPath(filePath)
+                let fileSize = fileAttributes[NSFileSize] as? Double
+                if let fileSize = fileSize {
+                    totalSize += fileSize
                 }
             }
             catch {}
@@ -221,9 +220,7 @@ public class Zip {
         // Begin Zipping
         let zip = zipOpen(destinationPath, APPEND_STATUS_CREATE)
         for path in processedPaths {
-            guard let filePath = path.filePathURL.path else {
-                throw ZipError.ZipFail
-            }
+            let filePath = path.filePath()
             var isDirectory: ObjCBool = false
             fileManager.fileExistsAtPath(filePath, isDirectory: &isDirectory)
             if !isDirectory {
diff --git a/Zip/ZipUtilities.swift b/Zip/ZipUtilities.swift
index fcb7f7268af6345a0ceed4b3ad150b1ff8348104..dd9b0d9885de70d3296f6e6c28fe54c173fca779 100644
--- a/Zip/ZipUtilities.swift
+++ b/Zip/ZipUtilities.swift
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ internal class ZipUtilities {
     internal struct ProcessedFilePath {
         let filePathURL: NSURL
         let fileName: String?
+        
+        func filePath() -> String {
+            if let filePath = filePathURL.path {
+                return filePath
+            }
+            else {
+                return String()
+            }
+        }
     }
     
     //MARK: Path processing