diff --git a/src/header/sys_timerfd/mod.rs b/src/header/sys_timerfd/mod.rs
index 0959d39..9a4a23e 100644
--- a/src/header/sys_timerfd/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/sys_timerfd/mod.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ pub extern "C" fn timerfd_create(clockid: clockid_t, flags: c_int) -> c_int {
         Ok(path) => path,
         Err(_) => return Err::<c_int, _>(Errno(EINVAL)).or_minus_one_errno(),
     };
-    let fd = Sys::open(CStr::borrow(&path), oflag, 0).or_minus_one_errno()?;
+    let fd = match Sys::open(CStr::borrow(&path), oflag, 0) {
+        Ok(fd) => fd,
+        Err(Errno(e)) => { return Err::<c_int, _>(Errno(e)).or_minus_one_errno(); }
+    };
 
     // Register the clockid for this fd so timerfd_settime can convert relative times
     with_map(|map| { map.insert(fd, clockid); });
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn timerfd_settime(fd: c_int, flags: c_int, new: *const it
         return -1;
     }
     let spec = unsafe { &*new };
-    let mut value = spec.it_value;
+    let mut value = spec.it_value.clone();
 
     // Convert relative time to absolute if TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME is not set
     if flags & TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME == 0 {