diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
index 3b0379c200..8b82ff9ac4 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
@@ -1562,10 +1562,12 @@ read_aliases (NMSettingIP4Config *s_ip4, const char *filename, const char *netwo
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			parsed = svNewFile (full_path);
+			parsed = svOpenFile (full_path, &err);
 			if (!parsed) {
-				PLUGIN_WARN (IFCFG_PLUGIN_NAME, "    alias: couldn't parse file '%s'", full_path);
+				PLUGIN_WARN (IFCFG_PLUGIN_NAME, "    alias: couldn't parse file '%s': %s",
+				             full_path, err->message);
 				g_free (full_path);
+				g_clear_error (&err);
 				continue;
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c
index 082d6fd585..b2a9bc3dfd 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c
@@ -8149,7 +8149,7 @@ test_write_wired_aliases (void)
 	ifcfg = svCreateFile (TEST_SCRATCH_ALIAS_BASE ":2");
 	svSetValue (ifcfg, "DEVICE", "alias0:2", FALSE);
 	svSetValue (ifcfg, "IPADDR", "192.168.1.2", FALSE);
-	svWriteFile (ifcfg, 0644);
+	svWriteFile (ifcfg, 0644, NULL);
 	svCloseFile (ifcfg);
 	ASSERT (g_file_test (TEST_SCRATCH_ALIAS_BASE ":2", G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS),
 	        "wired-aliases-write", "failed to write extra alias file");
@@ -8157,7 +8157,7 @@ test_write_wired_aliases (void)
 	ifcfg = svCreateFile (TEST_SCRATCH_ALIAS_BASE ":5");
 	svSetValue (ifcfg, "DEVICE", "alias0:5", FALSE);
 	svSetValue (ifcfg, "IPADDR", "192.168.1.5", FALSE);
-	svWriteFile (ifcfg, 0644);
+	svWriteFile (ifcfg, 0644, NULL);
 	svCloseFile (ifcfg);
 	ASSERT (g_file_test (TEST_SCRATCH_ALIAS_BASE ":5", G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS),
 	        "wired-aliases-write", "failed to write extra alias file");
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/writer.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/writer.c
index 1f0e6a9dda..c9758beeb5 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/writer.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/writer.c
@@ -2227,7 +2227,7 @@ write_ip4_aliases (NMConnection *connection, char *base_ifcfg_path)
 			svSetValue (ifcfg, "GATEWAY", &buf[0], FALSE);
 		}
 
-		svWriteFile (ifcfg, 0644);
+		svWriteFile (ifcfg, 0644, NULL);
 		svCloseFile (ifcfg);
 	}