diff --git a/boot/boot.asm b/boot/boot.asm
index 93631eca..36c954f2 100644
--- a/boot/boot.asm
+++ b/boot/boot.asm
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ next_entry:     mov     cx, 11
                 cmp     byte [es:di], 0 ; if the first byte of the name is 0,
                 jnz     next_entry      ; there is no more files in the directory
 
-                jc      boot_error      ; fail if not found
+                jmp     boot_error      ; fail if not found
 ffDone:
                 push    ax              ; store first cluster number
 
diff --git a/boot/oemboot.asm b/boot/oemboot.asm
index 515b959e..96aa48be 100644
--- a/boot/oemboot.asm
+++ b/boot/oemboot.asm
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ next_entry:     mov     cx, 11
                 jc      boot_error      ; fail if not found and si wraps
                 cmp     byte [si], 0    ; if the first byte of the name is 0,
                 jnz     next_entry      ; there are no more files in the directory
+                jmp     boot_error
 
 ffDone:
                 mov [first_cluster], ax ; store first cluster number