diff --git a/src/XrdPfc/XrdPfcFile.cc b/src/XrdPfc/XrdPfcFile.cc
index 7fedbd65cec..973a412790a 100644
--- a/src/XrdPfc/XrdPfcFile.cc
+++ b/src/XrdPfc/XrdPfcFile.cc
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ void File::ProcessBlockResponse(BlockResponseHandler* brh, int res)
          TRACEF(Error, tpfx << "block " << b << ", idx=" << b->m_offset/BufferSize() << ", off=" << b->m_offset << " error=" << res);
       } else {
          TRACEF(Error, tpfx << "block " << b << ", idx=" << b->m_offset/BufferSize() << ", off=" << b->m_offset << " incomplete, got " << res << " expected " << b->get_size());
-#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__GNU__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
+#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__GNU__) || (defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) && defined(__GLIBC__)) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
          res = -EIO;
 #else
          res = -EREMOTEIO;