diff --git a/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp b/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp
index 1b354c07..8110d6d9 100644
--- a/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp
+++ b/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fs::find_mount_point(const ghc::filesystem::path &path_)
     {
       rv = fs::lstat(tmp_path.parent_path(),&tmp_st);
       if(rv == -1)
-        return {};
+        return nonstd::make_unexpected(std::error_code(errno,std::generic_category()));    
       if(tmp_st.st_dev != initial_st.st_dev)
         return tmp_path;