diff --git a/src/lxc/commands.c b/src/lxc/commands.c
index 303f8242b0..ba391f52aa 100644
--- a/src/lxc/commands.c
+++ b/src/lxc/commands.c
@@ -1818,6 +1818,16 @@ static int lxc_cmd_rsp_send_enosys(int fd, int id)
 	return syserrno_set(-ENOSYS, "Invalid command id %d", id);
 }
 
+static int lxc_cmd_rsp_send_enosys(int fd, int id)
+{
+	struct lxc_cmd_rsp rsp = {
+		.ret = -ENOSYS,
+	};
+
+	__lxc_cmd_rsp_send(fd, &rsp);
+	return syserrno_set(-ENOSYS, "Invalid command id %d", id);
+}
+
 static int lxc_cmd_process(int fd, struct lxc_cmd_req *req,
 			   struct lxc_handler *handler,
 			   struct lxc_epoll_descr *descr)