diff --git a/Core/FileSystems/MetaFileSystem.cpp b/Core/FileSystems/MetaFileSystem.cpp
index a19099b38c..a1b96c7fce 100644
--- a/Core/FileSystems/MetaFileSystem.cpp
+++ b/Core/FileSystems/MetaFileSystem.cpp
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ bool MetaFileSystem::MapFilePath(const std::string &_inpath, std::string &outpat
 		{
 			errorCode = SCE_KERNEL_ERROR_NOCWD;
 			WARN_LOG_REPORT(HLE, "Path is relative, but current directory not set for thread %i. returning 8002032C(SCE_KERNEL_ERROR_NOCWD) instead.", currentThread, startingDirectory.c_str());
-			return false;
 		}
 		else
 		{
diff --git a/Core/HLE/sceIo.cpp b/Core/HLE/sceIo.cpp
index d353de56f6..76fc0b4f14 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/sceIo.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/sceIo.cpp
@@ -743,6 +743,9 @@ FileNode *__IoOpen(const char* filename, int flags, int mode) {
 		access |= FILEACCESS_CREATE;
 
 	PSPFileInfo info = pspFileSystem.GetFileInfo(filename);
+
+	errorCode = 0;
+
 	u32 h = pspFileSystem.OpenFile(filename, (FileAccess) access);
 	if (h == 0) {
 		return NULL;
@@ -769,16 +772,16 @@ u32 sceIoOpen(const char* filename, int flags, int mode) {
 	FileNode *f = __IoOpen(filename, flags, mode);
 	if (f == NULL) 
 	{
-		// Timing is not accurate, aiming low for now.
+		 //Timing is not accurate, aiming low for now.
 		if(errorCode == SCE_KERNEL_ERROR_NOCWD) 
 		{
 			ERROR_LOG(HLE, "SCE_KERNEL_ERROR_NOCWD=sceIoOpen(%s, %08x, %08x) - no current working directory", filename, flags, mode);
-			return hleDelayResult(SCE_KERNEL_ERROR_NOCWD , "no cwd", 100);
+			return hleDelayResult(SCE_KERNEL_ERROR_NOCWD , "no cwd", 10000);
 		}
 		else 
 		{
 			ERROR_LOG(HLE, "ERROR_ERRNO_FILE_NOT_FOUND=sceIoOpen(%s, %08x, %08x) - file not found", filename, flags, mode);
-			return hleDelayResult(ERROR_ERRNO_FILE_NOT_FOUND , "file opened", 100);
+			return hleDelayResult(ERROR_ERRNO_FILE_NOT_FOUND , "file opened", 10000);
 		}
 	}