1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/hv/hv_fcopy_daemon.c b/tools/hv/hv_fcopy_daemon.c
index 4ecc4fd0bc1b..fba1c75aa484 100644
--- a/tools/hv/hv_fcopy_daemon.c
+++ b/tools/hv/hv_fcopy_daemon.c
@@ -82,8 +82,10 @@ static int hv_start_fcopy(struct hv_start_fcopy *smsg)
 
         if (!access(target_fname, F_OK)) {
                 syslog(LOG_INFO, "File: %s exists", target_fname);
-                if (!smsg->copy_flags & OVER_WRITE)
+                if (!(smsg->copy_flags & OVER_WRITE)) {
+                        error = HV_ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS;
                         goto done;
+                }
         }
 
         target_fd = open(target_fname, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC, 0744);