diff --git a/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs b/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs
index 1a7897a91a6..9632ddabf2d 100644
--- a/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs
+++ b/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ fn exec(files: &[OsString], b: &Behavior) -> UResult<()> {
                     OverwriteMode::NoClobber => return Ok(()),
                     OverwriteMode::Interactive => {
                         if !prompt_yes!("overwrite {}? ", target.quote()) {
-                            return Ok(());
+                            return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "").into());
                         }
                     }
                     OverwriteMode::Force => {}
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs b/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs
index ce9e26a819e..7ce76832a3b 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs
@@ -260,6 +260,26 @@ fn test_mv_interactive_with_dir_as_target() {
         .no_stdout();
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_mv_interactive_dir_to_file_not_affirmative() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+
+    let dir = "test_mv_interactive_dir_to_file_not_affirmative_dir";
+    let file = "test_mv_interactive_dir_to_file_not_affirmative_file";
+
+    at.mkdir(dir);
+    at.touch(file);
+
+    ucmd.arg(dir)
+        .arg(file)
+        .arg("-i")
+        .pipe_in("n")
+        .fails()
+        .no_stdout();
+
+    assert!(at.dir_exists(dir));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_mv_arg_update_interactive() {
     let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();