diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c b/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
index 7346804c18c83904bb1f8d8396adc3b68af0e07d..59609b0a03f9b77c5183dcdc6439dacb2deca709 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
@@ -2253,7 +2253,8 @@ virLXCControllerEventSend(virLXCControllerPtr ctrl,
         goto error;
 
     VIR_DEBUG("Queue event %d %zu", procnr, msg->bufferLength);
-    virNetServerClientSendMessage(ctrl->client, msg);
+    if (virNetServerClientSendMessage(ctrl->client, msg) < 0)
+        goto error;
 
     xdr_free(proc, data);
     return;