diff --git a/libguile/filesys.c b/libguile/filesys.c
index bab0df1df..7b9d18fdb 100644
--- a/libguile/filesys.c
+++ b/libguile/filesys.c
@@ -874,7 +874,6 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_getcwd, "getcwd", 0, 0, 0,
       errno = save_errno;
       SCM_SYSERROR;
     }
-  SCM_SYSERROR;
   result = scm_mem2string (wd, strlen (wd));
   scm_must_free (wd);
   return result;