diff --git a/ext/io/console/console.c b/ext/io/console/console.c
index 98296c8..8a3f3b3 100644
--- a/ext/io/console/console.c
+++ b/ext/io/console/console.c
@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ io_get_write_io_fallback(VALUE io)
 #define rb_io_get_write_io io_get_write_io_fallback
 #endif
 
-#define sys_fail(io) rb_sys_fail_str(rb_io_path(io))
+#define sys_fail(io) do { \
+    int err = errno; \
+    rb_syserr_fail_str(err, rb_io_path(io)); \
+} while (0)
 
 #ifndef HAVE_RB_F_SEND
 #ifndef RB_PASS_CALLED_KEYWORDS