diff --git a/src/bake-mkpool.c b/src/bake-mkpool.c
index f7b1a928ecd4c145098d0de406e8ccc3b1b655ce..133aa2241d9724afca03e85d412731a1fafd66c2 100644
--- a/src/bake-mkpool.c
+++ b/src/bake-mkpool.c
@@ -107,5 +107,5 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     ret = bake_server_makepool(opts.pmem_pool, opts.pool_size, opts.pool_mode);
 
-    return(0);
+    return(ret);
 }