Index: uspace/app/bdsh/cmds/modules/cat/cat.c
===================================================================
--- uspace/app/bdsh/cmds/modules/cat/cat.c	(revision 8e3498b351ae109f7ad16592a1f108e3bd44c829)
+++ uspace/app/bdsh/cmds/modules/cat/cat.c	(revision 9246016f2cd9a449613c5c8a7e45dcdc5c78a8f5)
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@
 		/* Allow storing the whole UTF-8 character. */
 		blen = STR_BOUNDS(1);
-	} else
-		fd = vfs_lookup_open(fname, WALK_REGULAR, MODE_READ);
+	} else {
+		int rc = vfs_lookup_open(fname, WALK_REGULAR, MODE_READ, &fd);
+		if (rc != EOK) {
+			fd = -1;
+		}
+	}
 	
 	if (fd < 0) {