1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/path.c b/src/nvim/path.c
index 1fe0a1040c..f2b0662eac 100644
--- a/src/nvim/path.c
+++ b/src/nvim/path.c
@@ -1986,6 +1986,7 @@ int expand_wildcards(int num_pat, char_u **pat, int *num_files, char_u ***files,
   if (*num_files == 0) {
     xfree(*files);
     *files = NULL;
+    return FAIL;
   }
 
   return retval;