diff --git a/src/db/UpnpDatabasePlugin.cxx b/src/db/UpnpDatabasePlugin.cxx
index 258122200..8a99e9cd6 100644
--- a/src/db/UpnpDatabasePlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/db/UpnpDatabasePlugin.cxx
@@ -575,7 +575,9 @@ UpnpDatabase::Namei(ContentDirectoryService* server,
 					odirent = dirent;
 					return true;
 				} else {
-					return true;
+					error.Format(db_domain, DB_NOT_FOUND,
+						     "No such object");
+					return false;
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -585,7 +587,8 @@ UpnpDatabase::Namei(ContentDirectoryService* server,
 			break;
 	}
 
-	return true;
+	error.Format(db_domain, DB_NOT_FOUND, "No such object");
+	return false;
 }
 
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