diff --git a/core/bind/core_bind.cpp b/core/bind/core_bind.cpp
index 0b0417928ab..5befc5a7f5c 100644
--- a/core/bind/core_bind.cpp
+++ b/core/bind/core_bind.cpp
@@ -1913,7 +1913,7 @@ bool _Directory::dir_exists(String p_dir) {
 int _Directory::get_space_left(){
 
 	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!d,0);
-	return d->get_space_left();
+	return d->get_space_left()/1024*1024; //return value in megabytes, given binding is int
 }
 
 Error _Directory::copy(String p_from,String p_to){
diff --git a/drivers/unix/dir_access_unix.cpp b/drivers/unix/dir_access_unix.cpp
index 1e55e39e313..f0e4511b1d5 100644
--- a/drivers/unix/dir_access_unix.cpp
+++ b/drivers/unix/dir_access_unix.cpp
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ size_t DirAccessUnix::get_space_left() {
 	struct statvfs vfs;
 	if (statvfs(current_dir.utf8().get_data(), &vfs) != 0) {
 
-		return -1;
+		return 0;
 	};
 
 	return vfs.f_bfree * vfs.f_bsize;
diff --git a/drivers/windows/dir_access_windows.cpp b/drivers/windows/dir_access_windows.cpp
index f64eb036c3e..6cd494de4e2 100644
--- a/drivers/windows/dir_access_windows.cpp
+++ b/drivers/windows/dir_access_windows.cpp
@@ -359,7 +359,8 @@ FileType DirAccessWindows::get_file_type(const String& p_file) const {
 size_t  DirAccessWindows::get_space_left() {
 
 	uint64_t bytes = 0;
-	GetDiskFreeSpaceEx(NULL,(PULARGE_INTEGER)&bytes,NULL,NULL);
+	if (!GetDiskFreeSpaceEx(NULL,(PULARGE_INTEGER)&bytes,NULL,NULL))
+		return 0;
 
 	//this is either 0 or a value in bytes.
 	return (size_t)bytes;