diff --git a/sys/kern/sys_socket.c b/sys/kern/sys_socket.c
index 5cfb366c150b..2ad76b15cee6 100644
--- a/sys/kern/sys_socket.c
+++ b/sys/kern/sys_socket.c
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ soo_write(struct file *fp, struct uio *uio, struct ucred *active_cred,
 	if (error)
 		return (error);
 #endif
-	return (sousrsend(so, NULL, uio, NULL, 0, NULL));
+	error = sousrsend(so, NULL, uio, NULL, 0, NULL);
+	return (error);
 }
 
 static int