1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/addnote.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/addnote.c
index 9d9f6f334d3c..3da3e2b1b51b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/addnote.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/addnote.c
@@ -223,7 +223,11 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
         PUT_16(E_PHNUM, np + 2);
 
         /* write back */
-        lseek(fd, (long) 0, SEEK_SET);
+        i = lseek(fd, (long) 0, SEEK_SET);
+        if (i < 0) {
+                perror("lseek");
+                exit(1);
+        }
         i = write(fd, buf, n);
         if (i < 0) {
                 perror("write");