diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 63d2cf43b5e3..6b8843d4ad8c 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ static ssize_t fuse_dev_writev(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
 	struct fuse_copy_state cs;
 	struct fuse_conn *fc = fuse_get_conn(file);
 	if (!fc)
-		return -ENODEV;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	fuse_copy_init(&cs, fc, 0, NULL, iov, nr_segs);
 	if (nbytes < sizeof(struct fuse_out_header))
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ static int fuse_dev_fasync(int fd, struct file *file, int on)
 {
 	struct fuse_conn *fc = fuse_get_conn(file);
 	if (!fc)
-		return -ENODEV;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	/* No locking - fasync_helper does its own locking */
 	return fasync_helper(fd, file, on, &fc->fasync);