diff --git a/lib/base/config_file.c b/lib/base/config_file.c
index 44b88f3b8..c8653250a 100644
--- a/lib/base/config_file.c
+++ b/lib/base/config_file.c
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ heim_config_parse_dir_multi(heim_context context,
         free(path);
         if (ret == ENOMEM) {
             (void) closedir(d);
-            return heim_enomem(context);
+            return ENOMEM;
         }
         /* Ignore malformed config files so we don't lock out admins, etc... */
     }