diff --git a/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp b/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp
index 3f73be8cf..43a9dcbcf 100644
--- a/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp
+++ b/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp
@@ -3289,13 +3289,7 @@ void CControlAPI::StatfsCGI(CyhookHandler *hh) {
 			hh->WriteLn(result);
 	}
 	else
-	{
-		if (outType == json)
-			hh->WriteLn(json_out_error("statfs failed"));
-		else
-			hh->SendError();
-	}
-
+		hh->SendError("statfs failed");
 }
 
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