diff --git a/usr.sbin/rpc.tlsservd/rpc.tlsservd.c b/usr.sbin/rpc.tlsservd/rpc.tlsservd.c
index 2d520ac8e3d1..376f23c4950c 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rpc.tlsservd/rpc.tlsservd.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/rpc.tlsservd/rpc.tlsservd.c
@@ -402,7 +402,16 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	rpctls_gothup = false;
 	LIST_INIT(&rpctls_ssllist);
 
-	rpctls_syscall(RPCTLS_SYSC_SRVSETPATH, rpctls_sockname[mypos]);
+	if (rpctls_syscall(RPCTLS_SYSC_SRVSETPATH, rpctls_sockname[mypos]) < 0){
+		if (rpctls_debug_level == 0) {
+			syslog(LOG_ERR,
+			    "Can't set upcall socket path=%s errno=%d",
+			    rpctls_sockname[mypos], errno);
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		err(1, "Can't set upcall socket path=%s",
+		    rpctls_sockname[mypos]);
+	}
 
 	rpctls_svc_run();