diff --git a/fs/initrd.c b/fs/initrd.c
index 8fb616d1..dca371de 100755
--- a/fs/initrd.c
+++ b/fs/initrd.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static int initrd_open(fildes_t* file, const char* name)
 {
 	if (file->node->type == FS_FILE) {
 		if ((file->flags & O_CREAT) && (file->flags & O_EXCL)) 
-			return -EINVAL;
+			return -EEXIST;
 		
 		/* in the case of O_TRUNC kfree all the nodes */
 		if (file->flags & O_TRUNC) {
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static int initrd_open(fildes_t* file, const char* name)
 
 	if (file->node->type == FS_DIRECTORY) {
 		if (!file->flags & O_CREAT) 
-			return -EINVAL;
+			return -ENOENT;
 
 		uint32_t i, j;
 		block_list_t* blist = NULL;