diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/compiledict.c b/src/libespeak-ng/compiledict.c
index 1c41515f..b2f40890 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/compiledict.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/compiledict.c
@@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@ ESPEAK_NG_API espeak_ng_STATUS espeak_ng_CompileDictionary(const char *dsource,
 	if ((f_out = fopen(fname_out, "wb+")) == NULL) {
 		int error = errno;
 		fclose(f_in);
-		return create_file_error_context(context, errno, fname_out);
+		return create_file_error_context(context, error, fname_out);
 	}
 	sprintf(fname_temp, "%s%ctemp", path_home, PATHSEP);