diff --git a/vfs/ChangeLog b/vfs/ChangeLog
index 3b7c29b54..51ccad7aa 100644
--- a/vfs/ChangeLog
+++ b/vfs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-10-02  Andrew V. Samoilov  <kai@cmail.ru>
+
+	* sfc.c (sfs_getid): Don't use vfs_die(), return (vfsid)(-1)
+	instead.
+
 2001-10-01  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
 	* vfs.h [!USE_VFS]: Define macros with no effect to an empty
diff --git a/vfs/sfs.c b/vfs/sfs.c
index f06fa9174..b603b5582 100644
--- a/vfs/sfs.c
+++ b/vfs/sfs.c
@@ -220,11 +220,12 @@ static vfsid sfs_getid (vfs *me, char *path, struct vfs_stamping **parent)
 	    break;
 	cur = cur->next;
     }
-    if (!cur)
-        vfs_die( "sfs_getid of noncached thingie?" );
 
     *parent = NULL;
 
+    if (!cur)
+	return (vfsid)(-1);
+
     {
         char *path2 = g_strdup (path);
 	v = vfs_split (path2, NULL, NULL);	/* Strip suffix which led to this being sfs */