diff --git a/src/fuse_truncate.cpp b/src/fuse_truncate.cpp
index ca9a9e07..7d7a755e 100644
--- a/src/fuse_truncate.cpp
+++ b/src/fuse_truncate.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ _truncate(const Policy::Action &actionFunc_,
   rv = actionFunc_(branches_,fusepath_,branches);
   if(rv < 0)
     return rv;
+  if(branches.empty())
+    return -ENOENT;
 
   ::_truncate_loop(branches,fusepath_,size_,&prv);
   if(prv.errors.empty())