diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
index f402ba2eed46461d0402c403db87b9a017399659..6b5acefce6b360fdb74f72cffa857bb75295ecb8 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
@@ -274,9 +274,9 @@ static int efi_pstore_write(enum pstore_type_id type,
 	for (i = 0; i < DUMP_NAME_LEN; i++)
 		efi_name[i] = name[i];
 
-	efivar_entry_set_safe(efi_name, vendor, PSTORE_EFI_ATTRIBUTES,
-			      !pstore_cannot_block_path(reason),
-			      size, psi->buf);
+	ret = efivar_entry_set_safe(efi_name, vendor, PSTORE_EFI_ATTRIBUTES,
+				    !pstore_cannot_block_path(reason),
+				    size, psi->buf);
 
 	if (reason == KMSG_DUMP_OOPS)
 		efivar_run_worker();