diff --git a/src/gpt-auto-generator/gpt-auto-generator.c b/src/gpt-auto-generator/gpt-auto-generator.c
index abbb955e59..b92ac8f66a 100644
--- a/src/gpt-auto-generator/gpt-auto-generator.c
+++ b/src/gpt-auto-generator/gpt-auto-generator.c
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ static int add_root_mount(void) {
         if (in_initrd()) {
                 r = generator_write_initrd_root_device_deps(arg_dest_late, bdev);
                 if (r < 0)
-                        return 0;
+                        return r;
 
                 r = add_root_cryptsetup();
                 if (r < 0)