diff --git a/cmd/kaspactl/config.go b/cmd/kaspactl/config.go
index ea0558edd..ab0d1904e 100644
--- a/cmd/kaspactl/config.go
+++ b/cmd/kaspactl/config.go
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func loadConfig() (*ConfigFlags, []string, error) {
 	parser := flags.NewParser(activeConfig, flags.Default)
 	err = flags.NewIniParser(parser).ParseFile(preCfg.ConfigFile)
 	if err != nil {
-		if pErr := &(os.PathError{}); !errors.As(err, pErr) {
+		if pErr := &(os.PathError{}); !errors.As(err, &pErr) {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error parsing config file: %s\n",
 				err)
 			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, usageMessage)
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 812176ba1..b527bec09 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func loadConfig() (*Config, []string, error) {
 
 		err := flags.NewIniParser(parser).ParseFile(preCfg.ConfigFile)
 		if err != nil {
-			if pErr := &(os.PathError{}); !errors.As(err, pErr) {
+			if pErr := &(os.PathError{}); !errors.As(err, &pErr) {
 				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error parsing config "+
 					"file: %s\n", err)
 				fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, usageMessage)