diff --git a/src/servers/app/drawing/interface/local/AccelerantHWInterface.cpp b/src/servers/app/drawing/interface/local/AccelerantHWInterface.cpp
index bbb52832e1..442df1b2e1 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/drawing/interface/local/AccelerantHWInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/app/drawing/interface/local/AccelerantHWInterface.cpp
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ AccelerantHWInterface::_OpenGraphicsDevice(int deviceNumber)
 	if (!use_fail_safe_video_mode()) {
 		DIR *directory = opendir("/dev/graphics");
 		if (!directory)
-			return -1;
+			return B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND;
 
 		struct dirent *entry;
 		char path[PATH_MAX];
diff --git a/src/servers/app/drawing/interface/virtual/DWindowHWInterface.cpp b/src/servers/app/drawing/interface/virtual/DWindowHWInterface.cpp
index 680d280a6b..e803bd68af 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/drawing/interface/virtual/DWindowHWInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/app/drawing/interface/virtual/DWindowHWInterface.cpp
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ DWindowHWInterface::_OpenGraphicsDevice(int deviceNumber)
 {
 	DIR *directory = opendir("/dev/graphics");
 	if (!directory)
-		return -1;
+		return B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND;
 
 	// TODO: We do not need to avoid the "vesa" or "framebuffer" drivers this way
 	// once they been ported to the new driver architecture - the special case here