diff --git a/src/api/sockets.c b/src/api/sockets.c
index 44cab7ed..cb7df914 100644
--- a/src/api/sockets.c
+++ b/src/api/sockets.c
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ lwip_recvmsg(int s, struct msghdr *message, int flags)
     if ((message->msg_iov[i].iov_base == NULL) || ((ssize_t)message->msg_iov[i].iov_len <= 0) ||
         ((size_t)(ssize_t)message->msg_iov[i].iov_len != message->msg_iov[i].iov_len) ||
         ((ssize_t)(buflen + (ssize_t)message->msg_iov[i].iov_len) <= 0)) {
-      sock_set_errno(sock, ERR_VAL);
+      sock_set_errno(sock, err_to_errno(ERR_VAL));
       done_socket(sock);
       return -1;
     }