diff --git a/internal/common/common_darwin.go b/internal/common/common_darwin.go
index bdad3691..2e1552ae 100644
--- a/internal/common/common_darwin.go
+++ b/internal/common/common_darwin.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func DoSysctrl(mib string) ([]string, error) {
 		return []string{}, err
 	}
 
-	sysctl, err := exec.LookPath("/usr/bin/getconf")
+	sysctl, err := exec.LookPath("/usr/sbin/sysctl")
 	if err != nil {
 		return []string{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/mem/mem_darwin_nocgo.go b/mem/mem_darwin_nocgo.go
index 2008ce54..7094802d 100644
--- a/mem/mem_darwin_nocgo.go
+++ b/mem/mem_darwin_nocgo.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 func getVMStat(vms *VirtualMemoryStat) error {
 	vm_stat, err := exec.LookPath("vm_stat")
 	if err != nil {
-		return
+		return err
 	}
 	out, err := exec.Command(vm_stat).Output()
 	if err != nil {