diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/src/c++17/fs_ops.cc b/libstdc++-v3/src/c++17/fs_ops.cc
index e0b308a37ea4fcb0508f4eec514e9f22608f063f..61df19753efad6bc0148cb83a7ff31047cc3e04f 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/src/c++17/fs_ops.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/src/c++17/fs_ops.cc
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ fs::equivalent(const path& p1, const path& p2, error_code& ec) noexcept
       return st1.st_dev == st2.st_dev && st1.st_ino == st2.st_ino;
 #endif
     }
-  else if (!exists(s1) && !exists(s2))
+  else if (!exists(s1) || !exists(s2))
     ec = std::make_error_code(std::errc::no_such_file_or_directory);
   else if (err)
     ec.assign(err, std::generic_category());
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/src/filesystem/ops.cc b/libstdc++-v3/src/filesystem/ops.cc
index eccdae3d91084046c0aa573fd47910a5fd4b339a..4d23a804da09e79e9f1f98288988af3d8cd666ca 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/src/filesystem/ops.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/src/filesystem/ops.cc
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ fs::equivalent(const path& p1, const path& p2, error_code& ec) noexcept
 	return false;
       return st1.st_dev == st2.st_dev && st1.st_ino == st2.st_ino;
     }
-  else if (!exists(s1) && !exists(s2))
+  else if (!exists(s1) || !exists(s2))
     ec = std::make_error_code(std::errc::no_such_file_or_directory);
   else if (err)
     ec.assign(err, std::generic_category());
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/filesystem/operations/equivalent.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/filesystem/operations/equivalent.cc
index 78f6e3682043b02a74e7609b2513d792cc126cc4..68f32366d65897939991498ea29dd59b6c1fd4fd 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/filesystem/operations/equivalent.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/filesystem/operations/equivalent.cc
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ test01()
   bool result;
 
   result = equivalent(p1, p2, ec);
-  VERIFY( ec );
+  VERIFY( ec == std::errc::no_such_file_or_directory );
   VERIFY( !result );
 
   __gnu_test::scoped_file f1(p1);
   ec = bad_ec;
   result = equivalent(p1, p2, ec);
-  VERIFY( !ec );
+  VERIFY( ec == std::errc::no_such_file_or_directory );
   VERIFY( !result );
 
   __gnu_test::scoped_file f2(p2);
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/experimental/filesystem/operations/equivalent.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/experimental/filesystem/operations/equivalent.cc
index 929a6ca860945553eaadef64af44ab5a26fb4b15..5bc477a31cd6136ca9b0861852323f2a0c1957a0 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/experimental/filesystem/operations/equivalent.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/experimental/filesystem/operations/equivalent.cc
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ test01()
   bool result;
 
   result = equivalent(p1, p2, ec);
-  VERIFY( ec );
+  VERIFY( ec == std::errc::no_such_file_or_directory );
   VERIFY( !result );
   const auto bad_ec = ec;
 
   __gnu_test::scoped_file f1(p1);
   result = equivalent(p1, p2, ec);
-  VERIFY( !ec );
+  VERIFY( ec == std::errc::no_such_file_or_directory );
   VERIFY( !result );
 
   __gnu_test::scoped_file f2(p2);