diff --git a/src/lowntfs-3g.c b/src/lowntfs-3g.c
index a281da6f..0e2c9479 100644
--- a/src/lowntfs-3g.c
+++ b/src/lowntfs-3g.c
@@ -2848,7 +2848,7 @@ static void ntfs_fuse_getxattr(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, const char *name,
 		/* trusted only readable by root */
 	if ((namespace == XATTRNS_TRUSTED)
 	    && security.uid) {
-		res = -EPERM;
+		res = -ENODATA;
 		goto out;
 	}
 #endif
diff --git a/src/ntfs-3g.c b/src/ntfs-3g.c
index 8919761d..47a17b1d 100644
--- a/src/ntfs-3g.c
+++ b/src/ntfs-3g.c
@@ -2791,7 +2791,7 @@ static int ntfs_fuse_getxattr(const char *path, const char *name,
 		/* trusted only readable by root */
 	if ((namespace == XATTRNS_TRUSTED)
 	    && security.uid)
-		    return -EPERM;
+		    return -ENODATA;
 #endif
 	ni = ntfs_pathname_to_inode(ctx->vol, NULL, path);
 	if (!ni)