diff --git a/lsteamclient/steamclient_main.c b/lsteamclient/steamclient_main.c
index d4cccb40..36c22e89 100644
--- a/lsteamclient/steamclient_main.c
+++ b/lsteamclient/steamclient_main.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ unsigned int steamclient_unix_path_to_dos_path(bool api_result, const char *src,
     static const char file_prot[] = "file://";
 
     if(!dst || !dst_bytes)
-        return 0;
+        return PATH_MAX - 1;
 
     if(!src || !*src || !api_result){
         *dst = 0;