diff --git a/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp b/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp
index 3bbf2d52..b0fdc9ca 100644
--- a/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp
+++ b/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ fs::find_mount_point(const ghc::filesystem::path &path_)
   rv = fs::lstat(can_path,&initial_st);
   if(rv == -1)
     return nonstd::make_unexpected(::_ecerrno())
-    {
-      ec.assign(errno,std::generic_category());      
-      return nonstd::make_unexpected(std::error_code{errno,std::generic_category()});
-    }
 
   tmp_path = can_path;
   while(tmp_path != tmp_path.root_path())