diff --git a/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp b/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp
index 4b9a2a5c..7db9a15a 100644
--- a/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp
+++ b/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ fs::find_mount_point(const ghc::filesystem::path &path_)
   rv = fs::lstat(can_path,&initial_st);
   ec.assign(errno,std::generic_category());
   if(rv == -1)
-
-    return nonstd::make_unexpected(std::error_code(errno,std::generic_category()));
+    return nonstd::make_unexpected(ec);
 
   tmp_path = can_path;
   while(tmp_path != tmp_path.root_path())