diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_fstab.cpp b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_fstab.cpp
index c31de30d8..0cbdcce85 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_fstab.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_fstab.cpp
@@ -700,7 +700,9 @@ bool SkipMountingPartitions(Fstab* fstab) {
     constexpr const char kSkipMountConfig[] = "/system/etc/init/config/skip_mount.cfg";
 
     std::string skip_config;
+    auto save_errno = errno;
     if (!ReadFileToString(kSkipMountConfig, &skip_config)) {
+        errno = save_errno;  // missing file is expected
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp
index 71c4072e5..a64997532 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,11 @@ bool fs_mgr_filesystem_has_space(const std::string& mount_point) {
     // If we have access issues to find out space remaining, return true
     // to prevent us trying to override with overlayfs.
     struct statvfs vst;
-    if (statvfs(mount_point.c_str(), &vst)) return true;
+    auto save_errno = errno;
+    if (statvfs(mount_point.c_str(), &vst)) {
+        errno = save_errno;
+        return true;
+    }
 
     static constexpr int kPercentThreshold = 1;  // 1%
 
@@ -265,9 +269,11 @@ bool fs_mgr_rw_access(const std::string& path) {
 
 bool fs_mgr_overlayfs_already_mounted(const std::string& mount_point, bool overlay_only = true) {
     Fstab fstab;
+    auto save_errno = errno;
     if (!ReadFstabFromFile("/proc/mounts", &fstab)) {
         return false;
     }
+    errno = save_errno;
     const auto lowerdir = kLowerdirOption + mount_point;
     for (const auto& entry : fstab) {
         if (overlay_only && "overlay" != entry.fs_type && "overlayfs" != entry.fs_type) continue;