diff --git a/libc/unistd/stat.c b/libc/unistd/stat.c
index a09058d9..b40c6190 100644
--- a/libc/unistd/stat.c
+++ b/libc/unistd/stat.c
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ int stat(const char *file, struct stat *st){
 	if (ret >= 0) {
 		return ret;
 	} else {
-		errno = ENOENT; /* meh */
+		errno = -ret;
 		memset(st, 0x00, sizeof(struct stat));
-		return ret;;
+		return -1;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ int lstat(const char *path, struct stat *st) {
 	} else {
 		errno = -ret;
 		memset(st, 0x00, sizeof(struct stat));
-		return ret;
+		return -1;
 	}
 }