diff --git a/pageserver/src/virtual_file/io_engine/tokio_epoll_uring_ext.rs b/pageserver/src/virtual_file/io_engine/tokio_epoll_uring_ext.rs
index 1a743a3160..82c71f8d1b 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/virtual_file/io_engine/tokio_epoll_uring_ext.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/virtual_file/io_engine/tokio_epoll_uring_ext.rs
@@ -210,6 +210,6 @@ impl Handle {
             std::io::ErrorKind::Other,
             "ftruncate operation not yet implemented for tokio-epoll-uring",
         );
-        (file, Err(tokio_epoll_uring::Error::System(err)))
+        (file, Err(tokio_epoll_uring::Error::Op(err)))
     }
 }