diff --git a/std/io.zig b/std/io.zig
index d570927488849fc96b94f7d5dd1dcd58fdd2153f..6c6c1719977b16f606f540300d254d2bdb39d0d9 100644
--- a/std/io.zig
+++ b/std/io.zig
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ pub const File = struct {
             if (err > 0) {
                 return switch (err) {
                     system.EBADF => error.BadFd,
-                    system.ENOMEM => error.OutOfMemory,
+                    system.ENOMEM => error.SystemResources,
                     else => os.unexpectedErrorPosix(err),
                 }
             }