diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2856bbcb..13a916ff 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+xbps-0.37 (???):
+
+ * xbps-query(8): fixed a segfault with '-Rf' if pkg is in the repository data
+   and its binary package does not exist.
+
 xbps-0.36 (2014-04-21):
 
  * libxbps: the dependency solver is now able to detect and ignore invalid
diff --git a/bin/xbps-query/show-info-files.c b/bin/xbps-query/show-info-files.c
index 5dda66da..dc80f8b2 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-query/show-info-files.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-query/show-info-files.c
@@ -308,10 +308,9 @@ repo_show_pkg_files(struct xbps_handle *xhp, const char *pkg)
 	pkgd = xbps_rpool_get_pkg_plist(xhp, pkg, "./files.plist");
 	if (pkgd == NULL) {
                 if (errno != ENOTSUP && errno != ENOENT) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "Unexpected error: %s\n",
-			    strerror(errno));
-			return errno;
+			fprintf(stderr, "Unexpected error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		}
+		return errno;
 	}
 
 	return show_pkg_files(pkgd);