diff --git a/miscutils/makedevs.c b/miscutils/makedevs.c
index 24d07ebe0..95889506f 100644
--- a/miscutils/makedevs.c
+++ b/miscutils/makedevs.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ loop:
 	}
 	fclose(table);
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 #else