diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c
index d400668..3531ca9 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (!err)
-		paranoid_check_volumes(ubi);
+		err = paranoid_check_volumes(ubi);
 	return err;
 }