1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/bin/cp/cp.c b/bin/cp/cp.c
index 10072094b3f0..57c3e4d8c649 100644
--- a/bin/cp/cp.c
+++ b/bin/cp/cp.c
@@ -361,9 +361,10 @@ copy(char *argv[], enum op type, int fts_options)
 			 * honour setuid, setgid and sticky bits, but we
 			 * normally want to preserve them on directories.
 			 */
-			if (pflag)
-				rval = setfile(curr->fts_statp, 0);
-			else {
+			if (pflag) {
+				if (setfile(curr->fts_statp, 0))
+				    rval = 1;
+			} else {
 				mode = curr->fts_statp->st_mode;
 				if ((mode & (S_ISUID | S_ISGID | S_ISTXT)) ||
 				    ((mode | S_IRWXU) & mask) != (mode & mask))