diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
index 09f6a46d61..6d16c4a065 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
@@ -1053,6 +1053,9 @@ static int local_statfs(FsContext *s, V9fsPath *fs_path, struct statfs *stbuf)
     int fd, ret;
 
     fd = local_open_nofollow(s, fs_path->data, O_RDONLY, 0);
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        return -1;
+    }
     ret = fstatfs(fd, stbuf);
     close_preserve_errno(fd);
     return ret;