diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/solid/fs.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/solid/fs.rs
index 591be66fcb463..bce9aa6d99cd1 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/solid/fs.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/solid/fs.rs
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ pub fn remove_dir_all(path: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
             }
         };
         // ignore internal NotFound errors
-        if let Err(err) = result
+        if let Err(err) = &result
             && err.kind() != io::ErrorKind::NotFound
         {
             return result;