diff --git a/swarm/api/manifest.go b/swarm/api/manifest.go
index 239ec8a776..49cb111ec9 100644
--- a/swarm/api/manifest.go
+++ b/swarm/api/manifest.go
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ func (self *manifestTrie) findPrefixOf(path string, quitC chan bool) (entry *man
 			pos = epl
 		}
 	}
-	return
+	return nil, 0
 }
 
 // file system manifest always contains regularized paths