diff --git a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-handle.c b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-handle.c
index ed8c126e1d6c8da43ad6e07c400bbc72645da9cd..17002a3d286731a33b58f5d5d92a0b8ed033c1a6 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-handle.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-handle.c
@@ -591,7 +591,8 @@ static int handle_ioc_getversion(FsContext *ctx, V9fsPath *path,
      * We can get fd for regular files and directories only
      */
     if (!S_ISREG(st_mode) && !S_ISDIR(st_mode)) {
-            return 0;
+        errno = ENOTTY;
+        return -1;
     }
     err = handle_open(ctx, path, O_RDONLY, &fid_open);
     if (err < 0) {
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-local.c b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-local.c
index 9be8854e9148f3ea34a06d0c4cd37fb073521629..df0dbffa7ac4578e18c95dd6531a475a079557aa 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-local.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-local.c
@@ -1077,7 +1077,8 @@ static int local_ioc_getversion(FsContext *ctx, V9fsPath *path,
      * We can get fd for regular files and directories only
      */
     if (!S_ISREG(st_mode) && !S_ISDIR(st_mode)) {
-            return 0;
+        errno = ENOTTY;
+        return -1;
     }
     err = local_open(ctx, path, O_RDONLY, &fid_open);
     if (err < 0) {
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-proxy.c b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-proxy.c
index 5f44bb758b35a974dde31a567a43d3b1ec094f76..b57966d9d8830b27d546742420b273c0d567a78f 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-proxy.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-proxy.c
@@ -1086,7 +1086,8 @@ static int proxy_ioc_getversion(FsContext *fs_ctx, V9fsPath *path,
      * we can get fd for regular files and directories only
      */
     if (!S_ISREG(st_mode) && !S_ISDIR(st_mode)) {
-        return 0;
+        errno = ENOTTY;
+        return -1;
     }
     err = v9fs_request(fs_ctx->private, T_GETVERSION, st_gen, "s", path);
     if (err < 0) {