diff --git a/common/device-utils.c b/common/device-utils.c
index 680fba6f..f86120af 100644
--- a/common/device-utils.c
+++ b/common/device-utils.c
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ u64 device_get_zone_size(int fd, const char *name)
 		/* /sys/fs/btrfs/FSID/devices/NAME/queue/chunk_sectors */
 		queue_fd = sysfs_open_fsid_file(fd, queue);
 		if (queue_fd < 0) {
+			queue_fd = -1;
 			ret = 0;
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/common/sysfs-utils.c b/common/sysfs-utils.c
index 4c616cb8..d7634987 100644
--- a/common/sysfs-utils.c
+++ b/common/sysfs-utils.c
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ static int sysfs_open_fsid_file_flags(int fd, const char *filename, int flags)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	return open(sysfs_file, flags);
+	ret = open(sysfs_file, flags);
+	return (ret < 0 ? -errno : ret);
 }
 
 int sysfs_open_fsid_file(int fd, const char *filename)
@@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ static int sysfs_open_file_flags(const char *name, int flags)
 	ret = path_cat_out(path, "/sys/fs/btrfs", name);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
-	return open(path, flags);
+	ret = open(path, flags);
+	return (ret < 0 ? -errno : ret);
 }
 
 int sysfs_open_file(const char *name)
@@ -101,7 +103,8 @@ int sysfs_open_fsid_dir(int fd, const char *dirname)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	return open(sysfs_file, O_DIRECTORY | O_RDONLY);
+	ret = open(sysfs_file, O_DIRECTORY | O_RDONLY);
+	return (ret < 0 ? -errno : ret);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -109,15 +112,21 @@ int sysfs_open_fsid_dir(int fd, const char *dirname)
  */
 int sysfs_read_file(int fd, char *buf, size_t size)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
 	memset(buf, 0, size);
-	return read(fd, buf, size);
+	ret = read(fd, buf, size);
+	return (ret < 0 ? -errno : ret);
 }
 
 int sysfs_write_file(int fd, const char *buf, size_t size)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
-	return write(fd, buf, size);
+	ret = write(fd, buf, size);
+	return (ret < 0 ? -errno : ret);
 }
 
 int sysfs_read_file_u64(const char *name, u64 *value)
@@ -136,6 +145,7 @@ int sysfs_read_file_u64(const char *name, u64 *value)
 	/* Raw value in any numeric format should work, followed by a newline. */
 	errno = 0;
 	*value = strtoull(str, NULL, 0);
+	ret = -errno;
 out:
 	close(fd);
 	return ret;
@@ -172,6 +182,7 @@ int sysfs_read_fsid_file_u64(int fd, const char *name, u64 *value)
 	/* Raw value in any numeric format should work, followed by a newline. */
 	errno = 0;
 	*value = strtoull(str, NULL, 0);
+	ret = -errno;
 out:
 	close(fd);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/common/utils.c b/common/utils.c
index 035f2705..62f0e3f4 100644
--- a/common/utils.c
+++ b/common/utils.c
@@ -1293,9 +1293,9 @@ int check_running_fs_exclop(int fd, enum exclusive_operation start, bool enqueue
 
 	sysfs_fd = sysfs_open_fsid_file(fd, "exclusive_operation");
 	if (sysfs_fd < 0) {
-		if (errno == ENOENT)
+		if (sysfs_fd == -ENOENT)
 			return 0;
-		return -errno;
+		return sysfs_fd;
 	}
 
 	exclop = get_fs_exclop(fd);