diff --git a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_import.c b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_import.c
index 2f5d76e1ba6e..ce008e8626f9 100644
--- a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_import.c
+++ b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_import.c
@@ -923,6 +923,7 @@ zpool_read_label(int fd, nvlist_t **config)
 
 	free(label);
 	*config = NULL;
+	errno = ENOENT;
 	return (-1);
 }