diff --git a/src/CxbxKrnl/EmuKrnl.cpp b/src/CxbxKrnl/EmuKrnl.cpp
index e95057ccb..f417880b7 100644
--- a/src/CxbxKrnl/EmuKrnl.cpp
+++ b/src/CxbxKrnl/EmuKrnl.cpp
@@ -1707,7 +1707,7 @@ XBSYSAPI EXPORTNUM(66) xboxkrnl::NTSTATUS NTAPI xboxkrnl::IoCreateFile
 
     EmuSwapFS();   // Xbox FS
 
-    return STATUS_SUCCESS;
+    return ret;
 }
 
 // ******************************************************************