diff --git a/src/lib-fs/fs-randomfail.c b/src/lib-fs/fs-randomfail.c
index 89f5310aab..c2f9b7d5ca 100644
--- a/src/lib-fs/fs-randomfail.c
+++ b/src/lib-fs/fs-randomfail.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static int
 fs_file_random_fail_end(struct randomfail_fs_file *file,
 			int ret, enum fs_op op)
 {
-	if (ret == 0 || errno != ENOENT) {
+	if (ret == 0 || errno != EAGAIN) {
 		if (fs_random_fail(file->file.fs, 2, op))
 			return -1;
 		file->op_pending[op] = FALSE;