diff --git a/src/fs_stat.hpp b/src/fs_stat.hpp
index 160d8621..17e4d936 100644
--- a/src/fs_stat.hpp
+++ b/src/fs_stat.hpp
@@ -98,6 +98,6 @@ namespace fs
       }
 
     die("Should never reach this");
-    return -ENOENT;
+    return -EINVAL;
   }
 }