diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 752ed141..d4ee5f79 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [2.4.4] - 2019-02-23
+
+### Fixed
+
+- OSFS fail in nfs mounts
+
 ## [2.4.3] - 2019-02-23
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/fs/_version.py b/fs/_version.py
index 96b96f17..4b898d60 100644
--- a/fs/_version.py
+++ b/fs/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Version, used in module and setup.py.
 """
-__version__ = "2.4.3"
+__version__ = "2.4.4"
diff --git a/fs/base.py b/fs/base.py
index 8ccfcf04..0a4183fb 100644
--- a/fs/base.py
+++ b/fs/base.py
@@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ def validatepath(self, path):
                 pass
             else:
                 if len(sys_path) > max_sys_path_length:
-                    _msg = "path too long " "(max {max_chars} characters in sys path)"
+                    _msg = "path too long (max {max_chars} characters in sys path)"
                     msg = _msg.format(max_chars=max_sys_path_length)
                     raise errors.InvalidPath(path, msg=msg)
         path = abspath(normpath(path))
diff --git a/fs/osfs.py b/fs/osfs.py
index 20dee97c..72cab396 100644
--- a/fs/osfs.py
+++ b/fs/osfs.py
@@ -151,9 +151,13 @@ def __init__(
             _meta["invalid_path_chars"] = "\0"
 
             if "PC_PATH_MAX" in os.pathconf_names:
-                _meta["max_sys_path_length"] = os.pathconf(
-                    fsencode(_root_path), os.pathconf_names["PC_PATH_MAX"]
-                )
+                try:
+                    _meta["max_sys_path_length"] = os.pathconf(
+                        fsencode(_root_path), os.pathconf_names["PC_PATH_MAX"]
+                    )
+                except OSError:  # pragma: no cover
+                    # The above fails with nfs mounts on OSX. Go figure.
+                    pass
 
     def __repr__(self):
         # type: () -> str