diff --git a/src/lfs.c b/src/lfs.c
index d9b21e6..0387e15 100644
--- a/src/lfs.c
+++ b/src/lfs.c
@@ -800,7 +800,8 @@ static int _file_info_ (lua_State *L, int (*st)(const char*, STAT_STRUCT*)) {
         if (st(file, &info)) {
                 lua_pushnil(L);
                 lua_pushfstring(L, "cannot obtain information from file '%s': %s", file, strerror(errno));
-                return 2;
+                lua_pushinteger(L, errno);
+                return 3;
         }
         if (lua_isstring (L, 2)) {
                 const char *member = lua_tostring (L, 2);