diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
index 5f3afe8557..216c0bc026 100644
--- a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
+++ b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ static void lo_setattr(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, struct stat *attr,
             res = fchmodat(lo->proc_self_fd, procname, attr->st_mode, 0);
         }
         if (res == -1) {
+            saverr = errno;
             goto out_err;
         }
     }
@@ -707,6 +708,7 @@ static void lo_setattr(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, struct stat *attr,
 
         res = fchownat(ifd, "", uid, gid, AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
         if (res == -1) {
+            saverr = errno;
             goto out_err;
         }
     }
@@ -718,16 +720,15 @@ static void lo_setattr(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, struct stat *attr,
         } else {
             truncfd = lo_inode_open(lo, inode, O_RDWR);
             if (truncfd < 0) {
-                errno = -truncfd;
+                saverr = -truncfd;
                 goto out_err;
             }
         }
 
         res = ftruncate(truncfd, attr->st_size);
+        saverr = res == -1 ? errno : 0;
         if (!fi) {
-            saverr = errno;
             close(truncfd);
-            errno = saverr;
         }
         if (res == -1) {
             goto out_err;
@@ -760,6 +761,7 @@ static void lo_setattr(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, struct stat *attr,
             res = utimensat(lo->proc_self_fd, procname, tv, 0);
         }
         if (res == -1) {
+            saverr = errno;
             goto out_err;
         }
     }
@@ -768,7 +770,6 @@ static void lo_setattr(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, struct stat *attr,
     return lo_getattr(req, ino, fi);
 
 out_err:
-    saverr = errno;
     lo_inode_put(lo, &inode);
     fuse_reply_err(req, saverr);
 }