diff --git a/cmd/os-readdir_other.go b/cmd/os-readdir_other.go
index ae6db23b2..256cbeea9 100644
--- a/cmd/os-readdir_other.go
+++ b/cmd/os-readdir_other.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func readDirN(dirPath string, count int) (entries []string, err error) {
 						isSysErrTooManySymlinks(err) {
 						continue
 					}
-					return err
+					return nil, err
 				}
 
 				// Ignore symlinked directories.