diff --git a/src/journal/coredump.c b/src/journal/coredump.c
index f423fa2a29..26a2010772 100644
--- a/src/journal/coredump.c
+++ b/src/journal/coredump.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ static int save_external_coredump(
         }
 
         r = copy_bytes(STDIN_FILENO, fd, arg_process_size_max);
-        if (r == -E2BIG) {
+        if (r == -EFBIG) {
                 log_error("Coredump of %s (%s) is larger than configured processing limit, refusing.", info[INFO_PID], info[INFO_COMM]);
                 goto fail;
         } else if (IN_SET(r, -EDQUOT, -ENOSPC)) {
diff --git a/src/shared/copy.c b/src/shared/copy.c
index a863246b2b..abb7fbc52b 100644
--- a/src/shared/copy.c
+++ b/src/shared/copy.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ int copy_bytes(int fdf, int fdt, off_t max_bytes) {
                 if (max_bytes != (off_t) -1) {
 
                         if (max_bytes <= 0)
-                                return -E2BIG;
+                                return -EFBIG;
 
                         if ((off_t) m > max_bytes)
                                 m = (size_t) max_bytes;