diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index f56825b6d2e1..6a7711436c5b 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -555,8 +555,9 @@ static int madvise_hwpoison(int bhv, unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 		}
 		pr_info("Injecting memory failure for page %#lx at %#lx\n",
 		       page_to_pfn(p), start);
-		/* Ignore return value for now */
-		memory_failure(page_to_pfn(p), 0, MF_COUNT_INCREASED);
+		ret = memory_failure(page_to_pfn(p), 0, MF_COUNT_INCREASED);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }