1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index da32d6c095c..34afbc23da7 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -3612,7 +3612,7 @@ file_offset (Lisp_Object val)
 static struct timespec
 time_error_value (int errnum)
 {
-  int ns = (errnum == ENOENT || errnum == EACCES || errnum == ENOTDIR
+  int ns = (errnum == ENOENT || errnum == ENOTDIR
             ? NONEXISTENT_MODTIME_NSECS
             : UNKNOWN_MODTIME_NSECS);
   return make_timespec (0, ns);