diff -ru a/src/cap-ng.c b/src/cap-ng.c

--- a/src/cap-ng.c

+++ b/src/cap-ng.c

@@ -204,12 +204,7 @@

 		int fd;

 		fd = open("/proc/sys/kernel/cap_last_cap", O_RDONLY);

-		if (fd == -1) {

-			if (errno != ENOENT) {

-				m.state = CAPNG_ERROR;

-				return;

-			}

-		} else {

+		if (fd >= 0) {

 			char buf[8];

 			int num = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);

 			if (num > 0) {