1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/shared/util.c b/src/shared/util.c
index e75f6c9df3..9b5a47ab6f 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.c
+++ b/src/shared/util.c
@@ -282,11 +282,11 @@ int parse_uid(const char *s, uid_t* ret_uid) {
 
         /* Some libc APIs use (uid_t) -1 as special placeholder */
         if (uid == (uid_t) 0xFFFFFFFF)
-                return -EINVAL;
+                return -ENXIO;
 
         /* A long time ago UIDs where 16bit, hence explicitly avoid the 16bit -1 too */
         if (uid == (uid_t) 0xFFFF)
-                return -EINVAL;
+                return -ENXIO;
 
         *ret_uid = uid;
         return 0;